NPCIL to improve safety factors in indian nuclear power plants

NPCIL to improve safety factors at nuclear power plants.

On the heals of nuclear disaster in Japan following divesting earth quake, India’s  nuclear power corporation of India (NPCIL)  would improve operational safety procedures improving working conditions of 20 nuclear power plants. Npcil plans to improve latest techniques and improving technical training the concerned safety engineers and technicians and resources of management at existing power plants  as well as those being planned in various parts of country. Latest safety conditions will be maintained at the new plants proposed to secure safety working conditions in the nuclear power plants.

NPCIL is planning a committee  of nuclear experts and scientists and nuclear engineers to suggest in improvements for augmenting and strengthening the safety. S.K.Jain chairman and managing director told to press “ we are closely watching the latest developments in Japan associated with earth quake by holding the discussions with nuclear experts to brought necessary guide lines regarding operational safety and emergency operating facilities closing facilities in the event of crisis of nuclear power plants.

NPCIL associated director Sasikant  Charme said Indian nuclear power plants are less seismic zone. NPCIL will hold discussions with designers and nuclear engineers so that new power plants planned can withstand any natural calamities of higher earth quake magnitude.

Public sector nuclear power corporation of India officials said it would study safety standards at 20 nuclear power plants in the country in wake of nuclear crises associated with tsunami struck Japan

The present situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant did not stabilize and keep watching, therefore it is premature to make any conclusion a expert said.

The Ukrainian nuclear watch dog is analyzing an emergency situation at  Japanese nuclear power plant “ in order  to tighten security and safety standards at Ukrainian nuclear power plants “ a top official Mikolaichuk said. Mikolaichuk said current nuclear  situation  in Japan should be taken in to account by all countries which generate the nuclear power.

These  lesson dictate the need to create a hydrogen control systems in the reactor in the event of major crashes  and combiners,which are passive hydrogen ignite-rs. We have already practiced these lessons, which we are developing, higher security systems for Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

Currently these measures can be realized fully at most recently commissioned reactors namely the second reactor at Khemeintsk  nuclear power plant and fourth nuclear reactor at the Ravi-no nuclear power plant because the security requirements had been tightened over decision for their operation.

“Similar measures are planned at other reactors “ Mikolaichuk stated.

In the comment on the current on the current situation at Japanese nuclear power plants Mikolaichuk noted that “ the development of current  situation at the Fakushima  nuclear power plant showed that its reactors withstood an earthquake measurable mine points but failed to endure the impact of several natural disasters, namely earthquake, the tsunami and the floods.

Burial plan?

Japanese engineers conceded that on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear power plant in sand and concrete may be lost resort to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge leakages from Chernobyl in 1986.


But Japan nuclear engineers still hoped to solve the crises by fixing a power cable to at least two reactors to restart water pumps needed to cool overheating nuclear fuel rods. Workers also sprayed water on the no.3 reactor the most critical of plant’s six.
It was first time the facility operator acknowledged burying the sprawling  complex was possible, a sign that piece meal actions such as dumping water  from military helicopters or scrambling to restart cooling pumps may not work. “ it is not impossible to encase the reactors in concrete. But our priority right now is try and cool them down first “ an official from plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, told reporters.

As Japan entered its second week after a 9-magnitude earthquake and 10m tsunami flattened   coastal cities and killed thousands of people, the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl looked far from over.

Millions of people in Tokyo continued to work from home, some fearing a blast of radio-active material from    complex, 240 km to the north, although prevailing winds would likely carry contaminated smoke or steam away from dense populated city to dissipate over pacific ocean.

Radiation levels recorded in areas the plant did not pose an immediate risk to human health said Michal O’ Leary, the world  health organization’s representative  in China. “ At this point, there is still no evidence that there’s  been significant radiation spread beyond the immediate zone of the reactors themselves “ O” Leary said.

“ there is some thing that will take some time to work through, possibly weeks, as you eventually remove the majority of heat from reactors and then spent fuel pools “ Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chief Gregory Jaczko told a news conference at white house.

Let us hope nuclear engineers and scientists of Japan will solve the nuclear crisis in Japan at the earliest.  

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