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Indian Mega Nuclear Plant Protested: Government short-circuits environmental hearings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Praful Bidwai  and
MV Ramana
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KOODANKULAM, Tamil Nadu—Even as the Indian government gropes in the dark for a coherent policy on energy and the environment, it is pressing hard for a highly unpopular nuclear power project here, close to the peninsula's southern tip.

The project, which involves building six Russian-designed reactors of 1,000 Megawatt (Mw) capacity each, will be India's biggest nuclear power station.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , e11
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