Kudankulam Nuclear reactor: DMK writes letter to Modi, seeks intervention
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power project located in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district is again in the news after former Union Minister and senior leader of DMK, T.R. Balu wrote a detailed letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention on the Spent Nuclear Fuel of the plant.
The DMK leader cited the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster and pointed out that the accumulation of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) was one reason for the disaster and called upon the Prime Minister to direct the Atomic Regulatory Board to request Russia to take back the SNF of Nuclear Reactors 1 and 2.
