Green light for Koodankulam could still be red light for nuclear industry

"The Supreme Court decision to clear the decks for the commissioning of the controversial 1000 MW nuclear powerplant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu is certainly a set back for the anti-nuclear agitators; but ironically it will be a bigger setback for the Indian nuclear establishment because it will now be forced to deliver," writes G Pramod Kumar in the Huffington Post. Read the complete article. On May 6th, the Indian Supreme Court approved the establishment of the Koodankulam plant, located in Tamil Nadu, and declared that all safety standards have been met. A batch of petitions had been filed by anti-nuclear activists, challenging the project on the ground that safety measures recommended by an expert body had not been put in place.