Monday, March 14, 2011

Nuclear Power----Are we living on a Cliff

The recent Tsunami which hit Japan causing heavy casualties and subsequent Nuclear blast has thrown open yet another question of "HOW SAFE IS THE NUCLEAR REACTOR", When one talks about a nation with Nuke Power it essentially means that they are at the risk of being effected if anything is to happen to the reactors or installation which can trigger blast.

India in particular and the world in general should think on the nuclear safegaurds before venturing into this mindless nuclear capabilitIes, every country is looking for energy from this resource as other resources are drying up and this comes at a reasonable pricing tag and  making  it attractive, the other attraction is that we can make nuclear weapons to make  their country formidable amongst polity of nations across the world.

While all these features makes one a Super Power, on the flip side of the scale is the danger attached to it in- terms of leaks from these Arsenals and the subsequent radiation on the populace surrounding the Nuclear site. This must form a huge case for concern. 

It is just not the developing economies  that are vulnerable, Super powers to are, like United States, Russia, China which are at more of  high risk Countries and they should address this global concerns through a white paper on "What Nuclear safe gaurds they have in place",? the explosion in any of their Arsenals could have huge impact on the ecology as they are inversely propotional to the high levels of Ammuniations they have at their disposal and the Size of the Blast. The net effect can anhilate the whole human race from this planet.

I must record how vulnerable the countries like USA are, when it comes to disaster management, let us take the example of Kathrina, BP Oil spill, or the 1973 Island tragedy, the entire United States watched the sequence of the entire oil spill plubmiing into the sea, the Mitians were of no use to thwart the spill, or for that matter Kathirna,the post disaster management was so awful that we could see it live on TV that people were in a tragic state and nothing was done immediately to make things better for them. The entire United States Governmental machinary watched them happlessly..

 In parlance the Post Tsunami  which wreaked the Southern coast of India ,was handled in much a better way, as compared to the United States. Techonologically we may not be equals with United State yet we did things better.
 This  is where the role of our Citizenry helped us, The NGO, The Spiritual Gurus,The filimi community, the Industrials and the people at large were seen helping the Victims and this is becasue of Indian thought process  'WELL BEING FOR ALL' and we consider that we are the part of the Large family and we reach out to others during their time of need.

Finally India and the rest of the world should sit in a approriate forum and discuss thread bare the ramification of nuclear disaster and its after effects on the people and the earth, Its  realistic impact on human health, present generation ,and on posterity.
 How much of time these radiatonary waves will circulate, which are the ograns it may effect, What are the safe gaurds one should take,. It must be possible for the country like ours which spends crores of rupees on Ministerial foreign jaunts, samaleans,to  provide Life Jackets to  people in the radius of 100km surrounding the Nuclear Power Plants and in the event of any such disaster the effected people can wear the Jackets and the Oxygen mask to protect themselves , thereby safe gaurding their health from radiations.

While for the poor people the Government Make it available free of Cost, for those who can pay it can be given at a subsided price.

There must be emergency exit Air-ports where ever  the Nuclear Installation are to be located, which will enable transportation of people from the effected place to place of safety, while this is not just for India, this should be followed by all Nuke-Powered countries. 

In the first place let the developed countries agree for reduction of Nuke Arms from their warehouses as it is a collective responsiblity of every nation, towards their citizen in General, and world at large, to preserve this ecology safely.
The ENVIORNMENTAL SAFE GARUDS  should considered as a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT by the UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION any country deviating from this should be punished and de-nuked at once.

FOR THE MOVEMENT  WE ARE STANDING ON A CLIFF.

RAMESH.V.NAIVARUNI

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