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Sincere apologies in advance if this annoys people, this is something I very rarely do, but I feel its important and considering the recent events in Japan...
I have just sent a protest email to BNP Paribas and HSBC bank. Despite the nuclear disaster in Japan, there are plans to build a nuclear power station in a highly earthquake-prone region on the west coast of India.
Please join me in saying "Stop the next Fukushima!" by writing to the bankers today:
Please write to the boards of these international banks, demanding that they help us stop the earthquake-zone nuclear project.
Jaitapur wasn't on the OSM map but it is now!
thanks
Discussion
Comment from JohnSmith on 12 May 2011 at 03:23
You do realise there is no nuclear related deaths as a result of the Japanese quake right?
The only 2 deaths on site were because of the earth quake.
Also there is more than just Uranium reactors, Thorium reactors have been around almost as long, but didn't interest the military factions because they don't produce plutoium as a by-product, I'm lead to believe only Indian and Russia are seriously looking into this type of reactor, where as greenies the world over are trying to put everyone back into caves where we all freeze to death in winter.
Comment from Tom Layo on 12 May 2011 at 04:21
OSM is not a political forum.
Comment from SamatJain on 12 May 2011 at 07:32
Technical issues of nuclear power aside — western corporations (e.g. HSBC) financing nuclear power plants? Really? Private financing has been dead in the nuclear industry since the '80s.
They'd never do this in their home countries, and I only imagine they're doing it in India because the Indian government is letting its people take all the risk (news at 11: the Indian government is rampant with corruption!).
Also, sorry — this is completely off-topic for OSM!
Comment from SamatJain on 12 May 2011 at 07:42
@Johnsmith: According to Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project [Wikipedia], this particular nuclear power plant is more of the same: a uranium-plutonium fuel cycle.