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Asia:Japan crisis : India, China to review nuke policies
https://www.chemnet.com Mar 23,2011 commodityonline
Japan's nuclear crisis prompted many nations to rethink about their nuclear power plans.
However, International Atomic Energy Agency said atomic energy will remain an option for power generation.
Speaking to reporters here IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano said "This is the decision of each government, but of course this accident will give impact" to other nations' stances.
The radiation crisis in Fukushima has prompted India to review all new nuclear reactor designs in india.
According to Srikumar Banerjee, country's Atomic Energy Commission, India will continue to push ahead with its nuclear power plans and will break ground on eight new reactors this year.
The two reactors in Tarapur are boiling water reactors of the Fukushima design, Banerjee said. These are old GE reactors. But in the Indian context, he added, there have been extra safety features added.
Concern over the safety of nuclear power plants has been growing since the quake crippled reactors and triggered radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed his decision to a state-run utility about abolishing a construction plan for the country's first nuclear power plant.
Other countries including China and Mexico have also put on hold construction plans for new nuclear plants, while Germany has suspended the operations of its seven reactors, which were built before 1980, for three months.
China ordered safety inspections of its nuclear facilities and temporarily suspended approval for new nuclear projects pending formulation of new safety rules.
But it remains to be seen whether the world's second-largest economy will significantly slow down a national nuclear drive dogged by questions over regulation and emergency preparedness.
China operates 13 nuclear reactors, all on its lengthy coastline and thus also potentially vulnerable to a tsunami.
On the other hand, Argentina, Brazil and some Eastern European countries have said they will continue to operate their nuclear power plants
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