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India has 22 nuclear power reactors operational and several new are coming up in the country. The issue of setting up and operating of new nuclear power and reprocessing plants stands intertwined between development, environmental/climate change concerns, and areas under mega projects being struck with natural calamities’ like floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, manmade accidents or breach of security, all leading to nuclear disaster. Dependence on nuclear power, storage and disposal of nuclear waste, areas surrounding reprocessing plants, transportations of nuclear warheads and their safety is a highly risky proposition in the country. Before, during, and after major nuclear disaster, a coordinated emergency response to restoration and mitigation of further complications in nuclear power sector is an enormous problem.
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