[meteorite-list] India Nuke Safety from meteorite strikes Kota Meteorite, India

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:56:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <624282.16414.qm_at_web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Dear list,
  This article was just located in the Indian Press
about the Kota meteorite fall and the safety of
nuclear power plants. Sorry, the article is a bit
dated but the court`s decision is still pending
regarding this case. Thank you to Manoj Pai and
others for your determination and resolve to find the
facts concerning this case.
Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=412298&archisec=NAT

Govt to reply on steps taken to safeguard atomic power
plant
 
New Delhi, Dec 09: Seen as an alternative energy
source, how safe are the country's atomic power
stations from nature's threats? Concerned over the
safety hazards at a nuclear plant in Rajasthan, an
amateur astronomer Manoj Pai moved the Central
Information Commission inquiring on precautionary
measures taken by the Centre to safeguard them from
natural calamities.

Noting the applicant had not moved an appeal before
the Appellate Authority of Department of Atomic Energy
(DAE), Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat
Habibullah remanded back Pai's information request to
the department, directing it to reply within 15 days.

Pai had filed his RTI application before information
officer of DAE on September 12 last year, but did not
get a reply to his query. Aggrieved on that, he moved
a complaint before the Commission.

Pai, a resident of Ahmedabad, wanted to know about
safety hazards at Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station
(RAPS) near Kota in Rajasthan from meteorite strikes.

He became apprehensive after a media report quoted a
senior official of Geological Survey of India saying
that devastation of an "unimaginable scale" could have
been caused had the August 2006 meteorite fall over
Kota struck RAPS.

His application had also queried about precautions
taken by DAE, responsible for design, construction and
operation of nuclear power stations, to prevent such
an eventuality.

Habibullah has, however, issued a show cause notice to
the department's CPIO for failing to reply to Pai's
application within the stipulated time as required
under the RTI Act.
 
Received on Mon 31 Mar 2008 04:56:25 AM PDT