Amid growing public resistance to nuclear power projects, India has sought new test reports from the French nuclear authority on safety issues raised in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan before finalising orders for reactors from France’s atomic energy giant Areva.
“We have asked the French to provide the ASN (the country’s nuclear safety authority) report on the safety features related to EPRs after the new assessment,” Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee said.
Mr Banerjee, who is attending the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 55th General Conference, said from Vienna that he had conveyed the decision to have the ASN report to French energy minister Eric Besson. The ASN report would be available in December this year, he said. — PTI