Don't Sign Areva Reactors Agreement for Jaitapur
Given the range of issues with the Jaitapur project, it would not be in the interests of our country to sign any agreement with AREVA on.....
nuclear energy
Jaitapur Project Untenable
The reactors being purchased from Areva company in France are of untested technology and are exorbitantly expensive. So far the actual price and details of the agreement between Areva and the NPCIL have not been made public. The cost per unit of electricity of such a plant will be 3-4 times that of equivalent coal-fired plants.
Stop Repression at Koodankulam
The CPI(M) condemns the police repression on the people protesting against the commissioning of the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam. Those arrested are being charged with sedition and for waging war against the State which is baseless and unwarranted. There are reports of water supply being cut off and other essential supplies being blocked to the Idinthakari village.
National Committee in Support of Jaitapur Struggle
To extend support to the people’s struggle in Jaitapur and to mobilise people’s support all over the country to demand a halt to the Jaitapur project, it has been decided to set-up a National Committee in Solidarity with the Jaitapur struggle.