RE: The Nuclear power reactor at kalpakkam is safe, no radiation release

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Oops, I just saw the following below a few minues after posting my four 

questions (thanks Mike!).

This really answers much of much of my questions - perhaps we could get a 

comment to the breeder part also. What's the estimated time for the draining 

BTW?



Best regards,



Bjorn Cedervall   bcradsafers@hotmail.com

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NEW DELHI (AP)--India's government said Tuesday that a nuclear power plant 

that was damaged by

tidal waves Sunday in southern India is safe and there is no threat of 

radiation.



"There has been inaccurate speculation on the effect of the tsunami on 

Kalpakkam. The basic

facilities of the reactor are safe and unaffected in any manner," National 

Security Adviser J.N.

Dixit said.



The power plant in Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu state was shut down after some 

parts were flooded

during Sunday's disaster.



"Facilities of the reactor haven't been affected in any manner. They are 

safe. They have only

been shut down so that clearing can be done, water can be removed and things 

can be put back to

normalcy," Dixit said.



"There is no danger of any radiation," he said, adding that Prime Minister 

Manmohan Singh has

asked for a daily briefing on the situation at the plant, near the Tamil 

Nadu capital Madras.



"The only inundation was in the pits on the coastal area and in the pump 

house because of sea

water intake. And there are facilities for draining them out and that 

process is on," he said.



Dixit said the prime minister has also asked Atomic Energy Commission 

Chairman Anil Kakodkar,

who inspected the plant Monday, to stay in Kalpakkam to monitor the 

situation.



Dixit said 61 people died in townships and villages surrounding the plant, 

of which 31 worked at

the plant. Most of the deaths occurred in churches near the sea front while 

attending Sunday

prayers.





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