1. Nuclear Power
- Negative Impacts
Shubha Brota Raha
Snigdha Smitahasini
(EMBA 2011-13)

2. Nuclear Reaction

3. Nuclear Energy

4. Negative Impact at each Stage
Uranium Mining – Fuel Enrichment – DU
radiation/mill tailings/waste rocks radiation/bombs/penetrators
Nuclear Waste – High/Low Power Generation –
level radioactive waste meltdowns/accidents

5. Nuclear Waste
 Where does it come from?  How does it get to us?
High Level Waste
Low Level Waste

6. Nuclear Radiations

7. Nuclear Accidents
 April 1986 - Explosion at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
 31 people died in the immediate aftermath of the explosion
 Released radiation over much of Europe
 An area of 1,00,000 Sq KM is uninhabitable for 20,000 years ….FOREVER
 March 1979 - A partial reactor meltdown at this Pennsylvania power
plant caused a release of radioactive material
 March 2011 – Fukushima & Daiichi Power plant ,Japan
 Emergency cooling systems at the plant started to fail after a massive
quake and tsunami
 Around 1,00,000 people evacuated from 20 Km radius area

8. Nuclear Power Plants in India
 Existing Plants
 Naora , UP – 440 MW
 Rawatbhata , Rajasthan - 2580 MW
 Kakrapur , Gujarat – 1840 MW
Tarapur , Maharashtra – 1400 MW
Kaiga , Karnataka – 880 MW
Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu – 940 MW
 Proposed Plants after Indo-US Nuclear Deal
 Jaitapur, Maharashtra – 9900MW
 Koodankalam,Tamilnadu-9200 MW
Mithi Virdi,Gujarat-8000MW
Kumhariya, Hariyana – 2800 MW
 Bargi,MP – 1400 MW
 Haripur,WB – 10,000MW
Kovvada,AP – 8000MW
Approximate Impact Area in case of Nuclear accident -
Entire India

9. Is it worth having NPP?

10. Contd..

11. Move to safe alternates of Energy source
 Improving existing energy efficiency
 India can save 30 to 40 % of its electricity deficit by simple
conservation techniques
Decentralizing electricity generation to reduce long distance
transmission line losses
 Use of Renewable sources – cheap ,unlimited , safe but un-researched
 India’s Energy scenario :
Installed capacity – 1,75,000 MW
Energy requirement - 8,00,000 MW
 Projected energy by all nuclear plants – 60,000MW (~ 10% of the deficit)
 Potential from wind – 1,00,000 MW & from Solar energy – 4,00,000 MW

12. Jago Re !!!