Kudankulam issue

Routine assurances from even the highest levels in the government will not work in the post-Fukushima era (editorial, Oct. 13). Even with our most ambitious nuclear power generation plan, we may be able to produce less than seven per cent of our requirement — now, it is only three per cent. Almost every reactor that met with an accident — at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl or Fukushima — was considered safe till the catastrophe. Also the real impact (economic, health, ecological, etc.) cannot be predicted. We have alternatives that are visible when we travel to Kudankulam — wind energy and windmills. And what about harnessing sea power? The advanced countries are now trying to tapping wave energy.

C.R. Neelakandan ,

Kochi