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While emphasizing that there is no threat from radiation leakage in Japan to Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Atomic Energy Authority (SLAEA) today said that Sri Lankan skies will be monitored from tomorrow to ascertain if there is any radioactive material above the country.


“There is no threat on Sri Lanka, but skies will be monitored as a precautionary measure,” SLAEA Chief Dr. Wimaladharma Abeywickrema told media short while ago.

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Last year SL proposed a nuclear plant project but I just wondering how secure are those?
 
Nuclear Threat to Sri Lanka

India's Kudankulam is only 240 km from the west coast of Sri Lanka, in line with Puttalam. If any nuclear power plants, being constructed or planned there develops a radiation leak due to some unforeseen reason, its impact would be felt directly by Sri Lanka. This is particularly so during the SW monsoon months when the winds blow from the southern tip of India towards the North Central Province for several months.

Two Indian plants each with capacity 1000 MW will come into operation this year, and 2 more in another 5 or 6 years time. The balance 4 will also come into operation during the next decade. All these plants will draw sea water for cooling purposes, and if the water supply system breaks down due to an earth quake or a tsunami, as happened at Kalpakkam in 2004, there could be a great catastrophe, directly affecting Sri Lanka. Even otherwise, there could be a possibility that an accident could take place due to human error or hardware malfunctioning as happened in Chernobyl and cause radiation leak.

One may argue that an earth quack of similar magnitude may not take place in the foreseeable future. However, there is another danger that may cause concern in the near future. That is the anticipated climate change caused by increasing emissions of green house gases. One consequence is the accelerated sea level-rise and the consequential damage to coastal infrastructure, including NPPs. Along with climate change, extreme events such as cyclones, intense rainfall and storms will also occur more frequently. Under such situations, there will be enhanced wave activity in the sea, causing damage to coastal infrastructure. In the event such a calamity does take place in the foreseeable future, people in Sri Lanka will have to face the consequences of it. There are many sites in the web alerting authorities on this possibility.

There is another aspect of this issue. The NPPs at Kudankulam are being built by Indians under Russian supervision. This is the first time that Indians are building NPPs of this size (1000/1200 MW). Previously, they have built and commissioned smaller NPPs of about 200 MW each. In this situation, who will guarantee the reliability and safety of these power plants and that they are made to conform to international standards? It may be recalled that the disaster-stricken Chernobyl plant was also of Russion design. For some of the other proposed NPPs, India is negotiating with regular manufacturers in the West for their construction. In the West, the construction of a NPP will generally extend to over 10 years, because of the lengthy approval process including public hearings and the need to comply strictly with regulations. However, the Indian programme has not allocated more than 5-6 years for building a single plant, according to schedules given in the WNA website. This fast tracking will naturally be at the expense of reliability. In the event of any accident due to whatever cause – natural disaster or human/hardware error, and if people in Sri Lanka were to get exposed to radiation, who will compensate for the suffering inflicted on the people – or could any monetary compensation take away the suffering?
 
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In the event of any accident due to whatever cause – natural disaster or human/hardware error, and if people in Sri Lanka were to get exposed to radiation, who will compensate for the suffering inflicted on the people – or could any monetary compensation take away the suffering?

well sri lanka also plans to build a nuclear power plant. so do not point fingers to india. accidents can happen anytime. even though all steps r taken to safeguard reactors, one cannot withstand the force of nature as seen in japan.

so stop pointing finger at india.
 
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In the event of any accident due to whatever cause – natural disaster or human/hardware error, and if people in Sri Lanka were to get exposed to radiation, who will compensate for the suffering inflicted on the people – or could any monetary compensation take away the suffering?

well sri lanka also plans to build a nuclear power plant. so do not point fingers to india. accidents can happen anytime. even though all steps r taken to safeguard reactors, one cannot withstand the force of nature as seen in japan.

so stop pointing finger at india.

there is anti-india vote bank in sri lanka , and there is a sance among sri lankan gernalist/politicians that they can create sansation by anti-india slogans/articles...... we will see the relation ship deteriating in future same in line as it did with pakistan and bangladesh...
 

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