Nuclear power plants and the confusions

Nuclear power plants and the confusions

    I personally have some confusion regarding the Nuclear power plants. I do think that these confusions may prevail in many others like me. These are merely confusions! Not fears!
 
    Creating more employment opportunities in India is definitely appreciable. If the opportunities created are in more constructive manner, it will be really accepted happily by people. But, if they turn as threats to them, what will be the ultimate reaction? This is what happening nowadays in Koodankulam.
 
    Opening nuclear plants is highly supported by the central government, many scientists, politicians and even many people of India. They put forth the positive features of the power plants to increase public support for their side. Primarily, the plant can resolve the power cut problems and secondly, nuclear weapon in the hands of the nation really proves to be a safety measure, warning the opposite countries – these are the main reasons provided for the development of nuclear power plants in India.
 
    On the other case, the Protestants show their continuous opposition putting forth various scientific and protective issues that may create future health problems.
 
    Why can’t the amount spent for the development of the nuclear power plants, be used for the production of electricity from other productive measures? – is their question put forth in front of the government officials. This is of course unanswered still.
 
    Hence the reasons for their protest are pretty clear. But the government and the media are propagating that people are unaware of the output, working and safety of the power plants and hence they are scared of it. Again and again the central government is trying to clear the panic against the plants. As a result, media is constantly getting good news regarding the issue.

Now these are my confusions –
1.    If presence of a Nuclear weapon threatens the opposite countries of the nation, why it will not threaten the common people of India?
2.    Safety issues – In this case, the countries Japan and America has to be taken into consideration. In the former country, people are already facing many disorders as a result of nuclear leakage. On the latter case, the well grown country of the World, America usually conducts power tests in other lonely islands or in areas apart from America where the population is much less. What is the reason for it? Of course, safety is the only issue. So why don’t India also consider it?
 
    Scientists say that bus, train, aeroplane etc., also created panic in people when they are initially introduced. But now, they are just a part of life. According to them, this is also the similar one. But the common confusion is – are the consequences of the bus, train or plane accidents and the effects due to the nuclear accidents are the same? Is it comparable?
 
    Further, officials are well sure of the various safety measures done in the plants, and hence they say that there is no meaning for worries regarding it. But, whatever may be the boom in technology, manual mistakes play a major role too. For example, the aviation engineering has undergone tremendous improvement now. The totally mechanical Auto pilot technology accurately recognizes each and every scale of the earth texture using RADAR concepts etc. But in spite of this extraordinary boom, many air accidents occur due to technology failure and manual mistakes too. Hence all these statistics has to be taken into consideration to decide about the development of the nuclear power plants in India. On the whole manual defects, technology defects, safety defects or any other may cause problems in the power plants which may affect the scientists, workers, labors and people involved in the nuclear power production too. Also it may stay a threat for the generations to follow. For God’s sake, this must never occur in India.
 
    Hence, even though the importance of electricity is thoroughly known, even though many scientists including Dr. Abdul Kalam insist the necessity of power production, I personally cannot accept the nuclear plants in India.
 
    This is not a fear to be easily removed off from the Indian hearts. These are the strong concepts, well analyzed and well understood knowledge. So, please don’t repeatedly confuse us that we are in mere terror. We are damn clear of our requests!