New Delhi: India is setting up five nuclear energy parks each having a potential of producing 10,000 MW in the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed Friday.In written replies, Minister of State for Prime Ministers’s Office V Narayanasamy said that these nuclear parks are to be located in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh, Haripur in West Bengal, Jaitapur in Maharashtra and Chhaya Mithi Virdi in Gujarat.
Environmental impact of nuclear power stations is being monitored.For plants located at coastal sites such as Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu and Tarapur in Maharashtra, thermal ecology and bio-diversity of marine environment were also being monitored and there had been no evidence of any adverse effect on environment of these coastal locations due to operation of nuclear plants, the Minister said.
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