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Friday, March 18, 2011

INDIA READY TO HELP IN RECONSTRUCTION AND EARTH QUAKE RELIEF IN JAPAN

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that navy ships are on standby to be sent to Japan to assist it in the aftermath of last Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

''We will spare no effort in assisting the Japanese authorities in dealing with the aftermath of disaster,'' Singh told parliament, adding that the government is also ready to send search-and-rescue teams and materials.

''We are ready to help in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction phase. Our navy is on standby to send ships to Japan as part of such an exercise,'' he said.

Singh said his government has ordered an immediate technical review of all safety systems of India's nuclear power plants to ensure they can withstand the impact of a large natural disaster like that which hit Japan.

''The Department of Atomic Energy and its agencies including the Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. have been instructed to undertake an immediate technical review of all safety systems of our nuclear power plants,'' he said.



NPCIL, which operates 20 nuclear power reactors with an installed capacity of 4,780 megawatts, said Monday the plants have a proven safety record.




It cited the severe earthquakes in the western state of Gujarat in 2001 when the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station ''continued to operate safely, supplying much needed power to the region,'' and the tsunami that slammed into the southern state of Tamil Nadu in 2004 when the Madras Atomic Power Station ''was safely shut down without any radiological consequences.''

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