Koodankulam Safety Concerns

Several experts around the world agree that the VVER-1000 reactors are not safe at all. The specific safety problems include the integrity of the reactor pressure vessel, the reliability of the safety shutdown system, the reliability of the plants' steam generators, and the possibility of broken steam-lines within the plant whipping around and destroying everything in their path including vital safety, electrical supply, and control systems. Back in late 1997 Dr. Alexei Yablokov, Chairman of the Russian National Ecological Security Council, stated that the Russian reactors were "highly unsafe."

Koodankulam Location

Koodankulam is a place in the Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated 25 km north-east of Kanyakumari and 35 km from Nagercoil. The place is notable as the construction site of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. It is also the location of hundreds of windmills used for power generation, eight of which are located inside the grounds of the nuclear plant.