Articles by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace

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Indian People’s Charter on Nuclear Energy
Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 29 Jul 2013

Nuclear energy is today widely seen as posing a threat to the life, livelihoods and the environment, not least because it can have irreversible catastrophic consequences and radiation effects spanning across generations. Chernobyl, followed by the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan has led to global rethinking on the pursuit of nuclear energy.

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CNDP Statement on Koodankulam Reaching Criticality
Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 22 Jul 2013

The Koodankulam reactor was made critical despite the massive and sustained peaceful popular protests against the plant, and despite numerous warnings by nuclear experts, including former AERB chairman A Gopalakrishnan, about the plant’s vulnerability to hazards and the use of substandard equipment supplied by Russian company Zio-Podolsk. This is profoundly anti-democratic and totally unacceptable.

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