<p>The alliance, which consists various organisations working across the country, will hold a rally in Delhi on October 2 on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi, to oppose the projects.<br /><br />Dr S P Udayakumar of the Alliance, addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Saturday, said the Central Government had signed agreements with many countries to set up nuclear power plants in India.<br /><br />“Nuclear technology is a failed technology. The US had not set up even a single plant in the last 30 years. Similarly Russia did not set up a plant after the Chernobyl incident,” he said. <br /><br />He said the wastes of the nuclear reactor require 48,000 years to lose radiation. The human habitat around the reactor would be vulnerable to health hazards.<br /></p>
<p>The alliance, which consists various organisations working across the country, will hold a rally in Delhi on October 2 on Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi, to oppose the projects.<br /><br />Dr S P Udayakumar of the Alliance, addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Saturday, said the Central Government had signed agreements with many countries to set up nuclear power plants in India.<br /><br />“Nuclear technology is a failed technology. The US had not set up even a single plant in the last 30 years. Similarly Russia did not set up a plant after the Chernobyl incident,” he said. <br /><br />He said the wastes of the nuclear reactor require 48,000 years to lose radiation. The human habitat around the reactor would be vulnerable to health hazards.<br /></p>
