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Haripur Energy Park Project On TrackBy akansha, Section Development
The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is going ahead with its plans to set up an energy park at Haripur in East Midnapore despite protests by political and environmental activists.
Speaking on the sidelines of 60th Foundation Day programme of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), DAE secretary and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Srikumar Banerjee said the baseline study would get under way at Haripur once the ongoing environment impact assessment (EIA) is completed later this year. The baseline study is done around a 10-30-km radius of the proposed site to track human development index the economics of the area and the living standard before activity begins on the ground. "We are going ahead with the process that began with the site selection committee evaluating various sites along the coastline and will lead to acquisition of land and finally construction of a nuclear power plant of 6,000-10,000-MW capacity. Once the EIA is over, the baseline study will begin followed by the process of land acquisition," Banerjee said. Of the five sites finalized across the country, construction has started at Kudamkulam in Tamil Nadu. The process of land acquisition is under way at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, with Mithi Virdi in Gujarat, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Haripur next in line. "The baseline studies have started at Mithi Virdi and Kovvada. So, in a sense they are ahead of Haripur. But these are independent processes and not based on prioritizing. It so happened that the deal for rectors in Kudamkulam was signed with Russians early," Banerjee explained. Negotiations are at an advanced stage for French reactors in Jaitapur. Source: Times Of India Haripur N-project on track Click On "Full Story" For More....
Responding to the concerns that green activists have raised over the Haripur project, the DAE secretary said extensive studies had been conducted and more were under way to ensure that the impact on environment was minimal.
"For five years, eight universities studied the tolerance of sea water temperature variation so that aquamarine life is not affected. The findings showed that at no point should the water we release from our plants be more than 7.5°C above the sea water temperature," he said, adding that the extensive baseline study was intended to track changes minutely. Pointing to the Kaiga atomic power station located in a forest area in Karnataka, Banerjee said more birds had been spotted now than before. "Environmentally, nuclear power is a lot cleaner than thermal, which requires large fly-ash collection ponds and railway yards," he added. While nuclear plants had not been proposed in West Bengal earlier due to the national policy of locating them at least 800 km away from coal belts so that they were viable, the equation has changed since then with the proposal of setting up mega energy parks of 10,000 MW that would require transportation of heavy equipment through sea. At each energy park, the AEC proposes to acquire contiguous land of around 2.5 km in diameter along the sea coast and 1.25 km in radius. The proposed investment at each site is $2.2 billion or around Rs 10,000 crore. The five energy parks are critical to India achieving its target of 35,000 MW of installed nuclear power capacity by 2020 and 60,000 MW by 2032. Out of this, 40,000-45,000 MW would come from energy parks and the balance from the other installations.
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