NEW DELHI, 29 December 2004 — A nuclear power plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu which was battered by huge waves after an earthquake in Indonesia over the weekend is safe, a senior government official said yesterday.
“Both the units of the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant are safe. There is no danger of any radiation,” India’s national security adviser J.N. Dixit told reporters in the capital, New Delhi, after a meeting of top atomic energy officials.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had convened the meeting in the wake of fears that the tsunami hitting the nuclear power plant Sunday could have damaged the plant.
Authorities said on Sunday they shut down the Indira Gandhi Atomic Energy Center in Kalpakkam, 80 kilometers south of Tamil Nadu capital, Madras, as a precaution.
Water seeped into the facility located on the coast after the tsunami hit following the earthquake, officials said.
