Nuclear emergency at plant in Gujarat, India

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An emergency was declared within the nuclear plant at Kakrapar in Gujarat, India, after a major heavy water leak in a nuclear reactor. No worker has been exposed to radiation, according to the officials. The heavy water leak affected the reactor’s cooling system which can pose an extremely serious security risk if the emergency cooling systems do not kick in an event like this, the rising temperature can cause the core of the reactor can melt down completely.

Although nuclear energy accounts for only two per cent of India’s energy needs the current government hopes to push it to 25% by 2025. When such lapses in the security of the nuclear facility can occur despite maintaining rigorous standards, the Indian government should think twice before increasing the nuclear energy capacity of a country that does not prioritize highly the safety of the poor population or the environment that they live in.

http://nation.com.pk/editorials/14-Mar-2016/a-nuclear-emergency

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1. Do you have any idea how many people DIE in India from air pollution?

Just as is the case everywhere else on the planet, in India, nuclear energy saves lives.

It is incredible, absolutely incredible, incredible to the point of absurdity, that someone would complain about a leak of some deuterated water at a nuclear plant, which harmed no one, when the death toll from air pollution on this planet accounts for 7 million deaths per year.

The fastest growing source of energy in India is coal, which kills people whenever it is used, with or without unusual events.

By supporting nuclear energy, the government of India is doing a great deal to prioritize the health of Indians, whether smug scientifically illiterate Americans know it or not.

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2. This post is factually correct.

If saving human lives is the goal,
Anything is better than coal.

There are of course other ways of understanding our situation. Such as the belief that at 7.4 billion, the planet has 1000X too many humans on it, so maybe saving human lives by using more and more and more energy from any source is a poor goal.