The Union Government of India on 28 November 2012 cleared its intention in front of the Supreme Court about dumping the Uranium waste in useless gold mines at the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka from Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) in its supplementary affidavit made clear before the court that there was nothing mentioned in earlier affidavit which indicated that the union government identified Kolar Gold Mine as the storage for nuclear waste.
In the early affidavit which was dated 7 November 2012, NPCIL had stated that the underground chamber in Kolar gold mines was developed for underground research laboratory (URL). This affidavit was filed in context of the complaint of apex court in which it ordered the Centre to explain how the nuclear waste of the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant would be disposed.
Protests against the action of centre were organised following the call of bandh by political parties.
Nuclear Waste Would Not Be Dumped At Kolar Gold Mine: Govt. To SC
By Jagran Josh
Nov 28, 2012, 13:43 IST
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