India nuclear plant leak under investigation

India nuclear plant leak under investigation

By rizvi at 30 November, 2009, 12:10 am

Indian officials are investigating the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at an atomic power plant in the south of the country.



With nine new plants under construction, India’s nuclear power industry is growing at a rapid pace. But so are
fundamental questions about their safety.

IMAGE: INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Fifty-five workers at the Kaiga plant needed medical treatment for excessive exposure to radiation after tritium contaminated a water cooler.
Officials said the leak might have been deliberate.
“Mischief is not ruled out. Investigations are on,” plant director J P Gupta told Reuters news agency.
The 55 workers had returned to their duties at the plant, Mr Gupta added.
“This incident has in no way affected the public, safety, health and environment.”
The highly protected Kaiga plant is on the west coast of India, 450km (280 miles) from Bangalore.
Tritium, also known as Hydrogen-3, is used in research, fusion reactors and neutron generators.



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Gay India :P November 30, 2009

Pipe Leak at Nuclear Plant Raises Concerns.

Pipe He tu Leak howa ha yar :P Koi Bat nahe Pipe phir ban jaiga per yeh waqt nahe aeiga :P India ko Pakistan ki Back say Sniffing kerne say Fursat milay gi tu Apna Nuke Sahee keraga na yar Bhindians If u need any help regarding Pipe wipe ki fitting u can ask Pakistan :P Lakin Tameez say

Khalistan Zindabad November 30, 2009

:D ch ch ch i think ISI is Involve this Incident :P or May be Lasker e Maujhadin Please Indians u can blame to Pakistan ASAP please hurry up :D

waisay i dont no Missile India ka Test Arjun Tank ka Project India ka Failed Fighter Jet ka Project India ka Fail and Pakistan Made Al Khalid Successfully and export to Brother Islamic Countries Missiles Pakistan ka Successfully Test Shaheen Ghauri Abdali Unza . First Pakistani K-8 Karakorum is a low life cycle cost, tandem two-seat basic and advanced trainer Plane :P Successfully Test Run and Then export to Brother Islamic Country
Then Pakistan Made Submarine, Agosta 90B, Attracted Some Buyers

Pakistan is on the verge of reaching a preliminary agreement for the supply of three Agosta 90B submarines to Malaysia, a deal that could earn in excess of US$500 million for the country’s cash-strapped defence industry.

and Latests JF 17 Thunder Successfully Test and Running 23 November :P Lakin India India ka Chahay Who gay India he na ho Sub Manta ha Russia say Israel say France say US say Khud Khud nahe banata :P

KV Suryanarayanan Mumbai November 30, 2009

I appreciate the authorities for coming out with a detailed report on the issue. The culprits, whoever they are, deserve punishment for his mischievous act. It should be ensured that an incident does not recur. Adequate safeguards and precautions should be immediately drawn up to ensure this.

Radiation leak at Karnataka N-plant was deliberate: Kakodkar November 30, 2009

In a case of sabotage, Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said somebody “deliberately” put radioactive tritium in a water cooler at the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant that exposed about 50 workers to increased level of radiation.

People involved will be punished under the Atomic Energy and other acts after investigation, he said.

“Somebody deliberately put the tritiated water vials into a drinking water cooler. Therefore, we are investigating who is behind the malevolent act,” he told PTI in Mumbai.

About 45 to 50 employees working in the first maintenance unit of the Kaiga plant in Uttara Kannada district were treated at the plant hospital in Mallapur for increased level of tritium after they drank water from a cooler in the operating area on November 24, official sources told PTI.

Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is used in research, fusion reactors and neutron generators.

The plant’s Station Director J P Gupta said from Kaiga that investigations have revealed that one of the water coolers was found to be contaminated, and as a precautionary measure body samples of all the people working in the area were analysed and based on those results a few were sent for medical consultation.

All the people are on their normal duty now, he said.
Kakodkar said, “The investigations are being carried out from two angles. First to ascertain as to who contaminated the water cooler with tritiated heavy water, and the second from radiation protection angle.”

B Bhattacharjee, Member, National Disaster Management Authority, said, “The cooler is supposed to be sealed and it was found to be sealed.

“But later on, the investigators found that through the drainage, the overflow line of the cooler, that it seems some mischief monger inserted some tritiated water and contaminated the whole cooler. And people have consumed that (water),” he said, noting that “everything is normal. There is nothing serious.”

Bhattacharjee said, “As soon as it was detected, they did a routine sampling. They gave some diuretics to all. Out of 55, 53 have been cleared.”

Kakodkar said normally, it is a practice to test small amounts of tritiated heavy water for chemical parameters from different locations of the reactors.

The AEC chairman said the heavy water in all the pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) routinely goes for assessment of chemical parameters and during that process small samples are taken from different locations of the reactor to carry out analysis.

“It is a regular practice and while doing that the tritiated heavy water is carried in small vials to chemical labs within the premises to carry out analysis, and all these vials are sent back to the reactor when the analysis is over”, he said.

Kakodkar also said, “We also check all the radiation workers with termoluminiscent dosimetry (TMD). So, we know the inventory and in the process of monitoring the dosimetry we found that some workers had tritiated water content in their body.

“They are being treated and are normal now,” he said. “Surely it is an overdose for some people and investigations are on currently,” he said.

Zaid Hamid November 30, 2009

its amazing how rife corruption is in india. law is meaningless because of it. India must be stopped from destroying the environment as clearly they cannot be trusted to run their own country.

wagah border indian soldier ka susu nikal gaya November 30, 2009

Mr Zaid Hamid you are absolutely right, its division will bring peace to the region, pakistan should take half of it, kashmir independent, sikhs have a country, so do maoists

bloody bhindianz November 30, 2009

poor indianz :D …since mumbai drama they are asking pakistan to stop xport terrorizm..and luk whats happening in their own country leak of a radioactive Nuclear Assets and ..Naxalz are kicking thr butts hard and they dont have courage to stop thm :D :D
bloody bhindianz..LMAO

Verupan November 30, 2009

That is the shining Indians India is Responsible Country :P sshhh koi India ko Kuch Mat bolna Bhai India Responsible State ha :P Up Coming Global Power ha Pipe he tu Leak howa ha :P

Sheikh siddique90 November 30, 2009

Quite right these dogs always bark at the wrong tree. their agenda is muslim genocide so, what else do you expect from them. they will always pick fights with Pakistan and turn a deaf ear towards whatever is going on in India under the so called democratic system. however we will survive despite everything InshaAllah. Pakistan hamesha zindabaad InshaAllah Aameen.

Kashmer Singh November 30, 2009

Gay hind………India is near to finish…cz it never tried to make good relationships with her neighbours including Pakistan,China,Bangladesh,Sril anka,Nepal,Bhotan……….it always put her bloody nose in the internal metters of these countries n always tried to support terrorism in all these countires….now its India’s tern to reap all the it has sowed till now…
Gay hind

Indians Cow Pee Drinker State November 30, 2009

india is a failed state, soon freedom fighters of maoists r gonna control india.
India must be divided.Kashmiries want a free independant country.
Indian muslims need a seperate independant country.
Sikhs needs Khalistan.
If these people do not want to live with India , why India by force accupied there land.
The division of India will bring peace in the region.

Loyal to Pakistan November 30, 2009

The incident shows that INDIAN NUKES ARE NOT SAFE. The USA indian backed newspapers always brag that Pakistan nuclears are unsafe when we never had any problems and the whole world watching us because of the Indian propoganda and they found no issues as our Program is safe and very secure command and control system. On the other hand INDIAN NUKES ARE SECURITY RISK not only for their own public and neighbours but also the whole world. The Indian nukes are not only risk prone but also there is a danger of these weapons could end up in the hands of HINDU EXTREMISTS hence jeopardise the whole world peace and security. They also have AGNI II the night vision impaired missile which can land on to India’s poor population as the accuracy of this missile is fantastic and it is fully capable of destroying INDIA by itself. The world community and UNO should take a swift action to control these weapons of mass destruction as they already have fallen into the hands of Extremist Hindus. To confirm check out Deepak Kapoora who needs to be kicked at his kapoora’s recent statement where he said that his INDIA IS EPICENTER OF TERROR AND FULLY PREPARED TO NUKE THE WHOLE WORLD!!! WORLD COMMUNITIES ACT NOW AND SECURE THE NUKES OF TERRORIST STATE OF INDIA NOW!!!!!

Loyal to Pakistan November 30, 2009

This RAW agent is calling himself a fighter – you are a dog who fights over a bone you slumdog indian hindu banya. Your AGNI night vision impaired missiles are going to drop on to yourselves. Give us stern message os US because you Hijras can only deliver messages as you Hijras are not men and that’s what you do conspiracies and dramas. Your Hijra Army cannot even fight unarmed Kashmiris, Nexals and Maoist let alone fighting brave pakistani army. Pakistani army has kicked your terrorists in SWAT and FATA and now ready to kick the kapooras of your Gen Kapoora. INDIA IS A EPICENTER OF TERROR EVERYBODY KNOWS IT that’s why pakistan has to take over India to make this region peaceful because you banya cannot rule and you like to be ruled like you were ruled by our Mughals. So your time is up China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will kick your ass!!!

Speak Truly November 30, 2009

hahahahaha Loyal pakistani,, Gay Hind,, india cow pee drinker, yaar aap log to kamal ho,, yaar aik baat kahoo,,, in logo ko jawab mat dia karo,, ham jantay hein k ham kia hein,, aur khaali bertan hein jo sirf kharaktey hein aur awaaz kertey hein, ye garajnay walay badal hein, barasnay walay nahi,, in ko bhoknay dia karoo,, ye sirf haddi k bhookay hotey hein, aur india main inhein bohat c insani haddiya mil jaaien ge,, kiun k wahan gareeb logo k paas itney pese bhe nahi hotey k wo murday ko jala sakein, so wo Ganga main ya kurra karkat k medano main uss murday ko phaink dete hein.

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