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cdxxxiii Surendra Gadekar, “Revival of the Nuclear Dream”, http://www.members.tripod.com cdxxxiv M. V. Ramana, “Heavy Subsidies in Heavy Water: Economics of Nuclear Power in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, Aug 25, 2007, http://www.cised.org, p. 3489. cdxxxv Ibid., p. 3486. cdxxxvi Figure taken from: M V Ramana, Antonette D’Sa, Amulya KN Reddy, “Economics of Nuclear Power from Heavy Water Reactors”, Economic and Political Weekly, April 23, 2005, http://www.laka.org, p. 1765. cdxxxvii Jason Morgan, “Nuclear Waste Disposal and Plant Decommissioning Costs”, Mar 22, 2010, http://nuclearfissionary.com cdxxxviii M. V. Ramana, J. Y. Suchitra, “Economic and Environmental Costs of Nuclear Power”, paper presented at the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Ecological Economics, New Delhi. cdxxxix Ibid. cdxl M V Ramana, Antonette D’Sa, Amulya KN Reddy, “Economics of Nuclear Power from Heavy Water Reactors”, op. cit., p. 1765. cdxli Ibid., p. 1765. cdxlii Brahma Chellaney, “Nuclear deal: Elusive benefits, tangible costs”, op. cit. cdxliii Jayanth Jacob, “France signs pact on Jaitapur N-plant”, Dec 7, 2010, http://www.hindustantimes.com cdxliv See, for example: “India, France sign nuclear reactor sale deals”, Dec 6, 2010, http://www.khaleejtimes.com cdxlv See Chapter 4. cdxlvi “We are partners over the long haul”, Interview with Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of Areva, Nov 25, 2010, http://www.thehindu.com cdxlvii “Jaitapur: Repeating Enron Once Again – Prabir Purkayastha”, Jan 11, 2011, http://indiacurrentaffairs.org cdxlviii Submission made by Dr. Vivek Monteiro in response to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report of the Jaitapur-Madban nuclear power plant prepared by NEERI, at the statutory public hearing on the EIA report held on May 16, 2010 in Madban village (unpublished). cdxlix Gopal Krishna, “Why the Jaitapur nuclear plant must be opposed”, Dec 29, 2010, http://www.rediff.com cdl Praful Bidwai, “Spurring nuclear Bhopals?”, Frontline, Aug 1-14, 2009, http://www.hinduonnet.com; also available at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAAN_/message/1286 cdli Brahma Chellaney, “Nuclear deal: Elusive benefits, tangible costs”, op. cit. cdlii Ibid.; Vinay Kumar and J. Balaji, “‘Intent' dropped; Lok Sabha adopts nuclear liability Bill”, The Hindu, Aug 26, 2010, http://www.hindu.com; “Lok Sabha passes Nuclear Liability Bill”, Aug 25, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com cdliii Vinay Kumar and J. Balaji, “‘Intent' dropped; Lok Sabha adopts nuclear liability Bill”, ibid. cdliv The Bill as passed by the Parliament allows the government to increase the maximum liability by notification. Copy of bill as passed by Lok Sabha available at: http://www.prsindia.org cdlv Praful Bidwai, “Spurring nuclear Bhopals?”, op. cit. cdlvi “Nuclear liability bill needs to go through, says Ficci chief”, Mar 21, 2010, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com; KS Narayanan, “FICCI wants Clause 17 off NL Bill”, Aug 25, 2010, http://expressbuzz.com cdlvii Praful Bidwai, “Passing the Nuclear Buck”, Tehelka, Vol 7, Issue 16, April 24, 2010, http://www.tehelka.com cdlviii Praful Bidwai, “Wrong call on nuclear liability”, July 20, 2010, http://www.prafulbidwai.org cdlix Brahma Chellaney, “Revisions in N-liability bill a must”, Apr 6, 2010, http://epaper.timesofindia.com cdlx Brahma Chellaney, “Kill the nuclear liability Bill”, March 10, 2010, http://www.livemint.com cdlxi Siddharth Varadarajan, “India-Russia nuclear talks hit liability snag”, July 30, 2010, http://www.thehindu.com; “US fears Indian nuclear liability law may deter foreign suppliers”, Sept 7, 2010, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com cdlxii Arun Kumar, “US presses India to further water down nuclear liability law”, Sept 25, 2010, http://www.wsws.org cdlxiii See: Neeraj Jain, India Becoming a Colony Again, October 2010, Lokayat Publication, Pune cdlxiv T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, “In The Comfort Of Secrecy”, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, November/December 1999, Vol. 55, No. 6, pp. 52-57, available online at: South Asians Against Nukes Dispatch 2, (3 Nov.99), http://www.insaf.net cdlxv A.S. Panneerselvan, “Close To A Critical Mess”, Outlook, Nov 8, 1999, http://www.outlookindia.com cdlxvi T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, “In The Comfort Of Secrecy”, op. cit. cdlxvii Sunita Dubey, “India's Uranium Nightmare”, Siliconeer, News Feature, Mar 19, 2007, http://news.newamericamedia.org cdlxviii “Frequently asked Questions to UCIL”, http://www.ucil.gov.in/web/faq.html 194
cdlxix Dhirendra Sharma, India’s Nuclear Estate, Lancers Publishers, New Delhi, 1983, p. 121-122 (Available on internet at www.psaindia.org). cdlxx T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, “In The Comfort Of Secrecy”, op. cit. cdlxxi Praful Bidwai, “Kaiga: Question mark over nuclear safety”, Rediff News, Dec 4, 2009, http://news.rediff.com cdlxxii Praful Bidwai, “Lessons from Kaiga”, Frontline, Dec. 19, 2009, http://www.hinduonnet.com cdlxxiii Sugata Srinivasaraju, “Atoms and Leaks: The Kaiga N-plant leak leaves too many questions unanswered”, Outlook, Dec 14, 2009, http://www.outlookindia.com cdlxxiv Sugata Srinivasaraju, “The Kaiga N-plant leak leaves too many questions unanswered”, Outlook, Dec 14, 2009, http://www.outlookindia.com cdlxxv “Sabotage in Kaiga: Tritium added to drinking water”, Economic Times, Nov 30, 2009, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com; Praful Bidwai, “Kaiga: Question mark over nuclear safety”, op. cit. cdlxxvi Praful Bidwai, “Lessons from Kaiga”, op. cit.; M.V Ramana and Ashwin Kumar, “Safety First? Kaiga and Other Nuclear Stories ”, Economic and Political Weekly, Feb 13, 2010, available online at http://princeton.academia.edu cdlxxvii Praful Bidwai, “Kaiga: Question mark over nuclear safety”, op. cit. cdlxxviii Praful Bidwai, “Kaiga: Question mark over nuclear safety”, ibid. cdlxxix T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, “In the Comfort of Secrecy”, op. cit.; Buddhi Kota Subbarao, “India's Nuclear Prowess: False Claims and Tragic Truths”, Manushi, Issue 109, November-December 1998, http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi; M. A. Rane, “Dangers from nuclear power projects”, PUCL Bulletin, Nov 2006, http://www.pucl.org cdlxxx “India: Jadugoda Case and Supreme Court Judgment”, May 12, 2004, http://groups.yahoo.com cdlxxxi Sunita Dubey, “India's Uranium Nightmare”, op. cit.; Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay, T.S.Subramanian, “Villages and woes”, Frontline, Aug. 28 - Sep. 10, 1999, http://www.hinduonnet.com cdlxxxii Moushumi Basu, “Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands”, CorpWatch, Oct 7, 2009; “Frequently asked Questions to UCIL”, http://www.ucil.gov.in/web/faq.html cdlxxxiii “Frequently asked Questions to UCIL”, http://www.ucil.gov.in/web/faq.html cdlxxxiv Hiroaki Koide, “Radioactive contamination around Jadugoda uranium mine in India”, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, April 27, 2004, http://www.rri.kyoto-u.ac.jp cdlxxxv Moushumi Basu, “Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands”, op. cit.; Tarun Kanti Bose, “Adivasis live under nuclear terror in Jadugoda, Jharkhand”, Jharkhand Forum, http://jadugoda.jharkhand.org.in cdlxxxvi Tarun Kanti Bose, “Adivasis live under nuclear terror in Jadugoda, Jharkhand”, ibid. cdlxxxvii Hiroaki Koide, “Radioactive contamination around Jadugoda uranium mine in India”, op. cit. cdlxxxviii M. Channa Basavaiah, “No More Jadugoda : People of Nalgonda, A.P. Oppose Uranium Mining”, Peace Now, Special bulletin, Dec 2004, http://cndpindia.org cdlxxxix Aparna Pallavi, “Uranium mine waste imperils villages in Jaduguda”, Down to Earth, Mar 15, 2008; Moushumi Basu, “Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands”, op. cit. cdxc Tehelka is an independent national newsmagazine published from Delhi which has acquired reputation for its investigative reporting. cdxci G. Vishnu, “High Grade Energy, Low Grade Safety”, Tehelka, Sept 25, 2010, http://www.tehelka.com cdxcii “Issues at Jaduguda Uranium Mine”, Jharkhand, India, http://www.wise-uranium.org/umopjdg.html cdxciii Sunita Dubey, “India's Uranium Nightmare”, op. cit. cdxciv Tarun Kanti Bose, “Adivasis live under nuclear terror in Jadugoda, Jharkhand”, op. cit. cdxcv Richard Mahapatra, “Eyewitness: Radioactivity doesn't stop at the mines in Jaduguda”, Down to Earth, April 30, 2004; M. Channa Basavaiah, “No More Jadugoda : People of Nalgonda, A.P. Oppose Uranium Mining”, op. cit. cdxcvi Aparna Pallavi, “Uranium mine waste imperils villages in Jaduguda”, op. cit.; Moushumi Basu, “Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal Lands”, op. cit. cdxcvii http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/index.html?http://www10.antenna.nl/wise/362-3/region.html cdxcviii M. Channa Basavaiah, “No More Jadugoda : People of Nalgonda, A.P. Oppose Uranium Mining”, op. cit cdxcix Bengt G. Karlsson, “Nuclear Lives:Uranium Mining, Indigeneous Peoples, and Development in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, Aug 22, 2009.; also available at: http://www.global-sisterhoodnetwork.org/content/view/2345/59/ d Buddhi Kota Subbarao, “India's Nuclear Prowess: False Claims and Tragic Truths”, op. cit.; T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, “In The Comfort Of Secrecy”, op. cit. di T. S. Gopi Rethinaraj, “In The Comfort Of Secrecy”, ibid. 195
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Introduction Part I: Government Pla
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