Articles by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy
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Koodankulam: An Unfettered Struggle
Anitha S, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2014
We are proud that our dear sister Sundari who lost many months in jail and on conditional bail away from home has penned her thoughts as a book: Unfettered Struggle (Sirai Paadal Porattam). She has lucidly written about her experiences with the police, in jail ,and as a strong fighter for justice and life in this village.
→ read full articlePMANE and People of Idinthakarai Have Nothing to Do with the Blast
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Dec 2013
Nov 27, 2013 – We would like to clarify one more time that the PMANE does not believe in violence or bomb-making, and the people of Idinthakarai and the PMANE have absolutely nothing to do with the blast. We condemn those who are behind this mindless action and express our sincere condolences to the bereaved families.
→ read full articleThe Distrusted and Discredited Indian Prime Minister Should Cancel His US Trip!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2013
The drama will be called “Nuclear Bhopal All over Again!” This dilution of liability is nothing but seditious. This makes us wonder who this Prime Minister and his government are working for? For the people of India? Or for America, Russia, France and other foreign countries and their corporations? All this makes us wonder if Dr. Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister or the Crime Minister of India?
→ read full articleNo More Nuclear Tests in India and Everywhere Else!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2013
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy commemorates the International Day Against Nuclear Tests on August 29, 2013 by demanding the government of India to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and to undertake a pledge not to conduct any more nuclear tests in India.
→ read full articleThe Discredited Prime Minister’s Unloved Visit to Tamil Nadu மதிப்பிழந்த பிரதமரின் விரும்பத்தகாத தமிழக வருகை
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy அணுசக்திக்கு எதிரான மக்கள் இயக்கம் – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2013
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy protests against the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Tamil Nadu on August 2, 2013 to open a multi-crore power plant. The PMANE joins millions and millions of Tamil people in opposing the discredited Prime Minister’s unloved visit to our State. We observe a Black Day on August 2 here at Idinthakarai.
→ read full articleSecond FAC Clearance a Preemptive Attempt of Nuclear Authorities to Circumvent Legal Notice and Action
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2013
The people of India will hold the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Government of India squarely responsible for any untoward incidents that may happen at the KKNPP. They are all playing a dangerous game with the lives of millions of people without complying with several important legal and safety measures such as CRZ clearance for the desalination plants, effluent outlet pipes and so on.
→ read full article(A)tom and Kerry Show: It’s All Money, Stupid!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2013
One of the top issues on Kerry’s agenda is to close the India-US nuclear deal on America’s own selfish imperial terms and conditions. They want nuclear business, profit and power to dominate the Indian market but will not offer any liability.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to the Mediahouses in India!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2013
There has not been one single editorial in any Indian newspaper or an informed debate on any TV debate on the repeated postponement of the KKNPP commission since 2005. Don’t the people of India need to know the reasons behind this constant postponement and continued ducking and dodging by the prime minister, central ministers, chief minister, and nuclear officials?
→ read full articleThe Koodankulam Mystery (2): Russian Officials’ Anxiety
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2013
What indeed is the “mutual interest” that tends to work up the Russian officials in India? Why are the Russian officials nervous about the Koodankulam project and want an immediate commissioning? What are they trying to hide? Who are they trying to protect? The inter-governmental skeletons will start tumbling out of the Koodankulam closet one by one soon.
→ read full articleThe Koodankulam Mystery (1): Indian Officials’ Exodus
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2013
We, struggling people, demand a comprehensive, complete, independent inquiry into the financial and technical dealings of the Koodankulam project one more time! This is a frantic appeal of the people of India to the “leaders” of India in the larger interest of India! Truth may be hidden for the time being with paisa, power and political patronage but will never be killed! Truth will triumph! And come to haunt!
→ read full articleLetter to China on Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Apr 2013
We would also seek some pertinent information for the peaceful and nonviolent struggle that we have been waging against the Koodankulam nuclear power project in the southern tip of India. We understand that Russians have built two nuclear power plants with VVER-1000 reactors at Tianwan in China. Would you answer the following questions for us please:
→ read full articleUntrustworthy AERB and Its Sloppy Sarkari Reply for the Koodankulam Fiasco
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
April 19, 2013 – The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has finally woken up, it seems. They have just acknowledged with great awkwardness: “…during testing of thousands of valves installed in the plant, the performances of four valves of a particular type were found deficient.” So, according to the AERB, it is a simple problem of just four valves malfunctioning in the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project. What an irresponsible and disingenuous explanation to a very complex and dangerous problem that is deeply mired in corruption, theft, wastefulness, shoddiness and sheer inefficiency.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2013
Please allow us to bring the following dangerous developments, difficulties and discrepancies in the Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP) to your kind consideration and immediate action: [1] Shoddy and Substandard Equipment from ZiO-Podolsk
→ read full articlePMANE Letter to KKNPP Employees
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
The Koodankulam delay is being blamed on the “corrosion and leakage since sea water was used as the coolant.” If these pipes and parts cannot withstand one year of sea water circulation, how on the Earth are they going to function for 40-60 years? If the pipes leak and corrode within such a short time, the government should order a probe into the quality of these pipes, the quality of the various equipment and spares that were sent by the Russians.
→ read full articleNPCIL, AERB, and KKNPP Dodge the Substandard Equipment Issue
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2013
There have been persistent reports that substandard equipment and parts have been used in the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). When the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) asked the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) under Right to Information (RTI) Act if they have indeed received equipment and parts from the controversial Russian companies, Zio-Podolsk and Informteck…
→ read full articleKKNPP 3 & 4 Announcement – A Cruel Joke on Indians and Our Democracy
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2013
There are several cases pending against the Koodankulam project as a whole and the KKNPP units 3-6 in particular at the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the various clearances, waste management, liability and so on. This announcement amounts to a serious contempt of all these courts.
→ read full articleRTI Petition for AERB
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2013
We, the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, would like to request the following information under the RTI Act 2005 please…. Looking forward to hearing from you soon, I send you my best personal regards and all peaceful wishes.
→ read full articleAre Central and State Governments and Intelligence Agencies Conspiring?
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2013
March 10, 2013 – The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) would like to bring the following developments to the attention of the people of India, particularly the people of Tamil Nadu, and would request them to be watchful of any quirky turns:
→ read full articlePMANE Asks for KKNPP Financial Audit; Government Blames Us with Foreign Money
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2013
The central government is clearly not able to answer the people’s questions about the failed Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project and they find it hard to justify the utter waste of public money on the non-performing KKNPP.
→ read full articlePMANE Opposes the American Nuclear Plant at Mithi Virdi, Gujarat
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Feb 2013
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy vehemently opposes the American nuclear power park that is being set up at Mithi Virdi, Gujarat. The PMANE appeals to the Government of India and the State Government of Gujarat to put the interests of Indian citizens ahead of foreign governments’ and their MNC’s interests. Let us not think and act like colonized slaves but behave like independent leaders and find alternative solutions for our energy needs.
→ read full articleLetter to Rahul Gandhi
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Feb 2013
Greetings! We are writing on behalf of several millions of people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala who have been waging a peaceful and nonviolent struggle for almost a quarter century against the Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP).
→ read full articleTell the Nation the Truth about the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2013
Angered by moral and political corruption, disturbing developments and the overall mismanagement of the body politic, Marcellus tells Horatio in utter disgust and disappointment in Shakespeare’s classic play Hamlet: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
We, the people of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, who have been fighting against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) are feeling very much like Marcellus.
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant’s Leaks and Repairs: More Questions and No Answers
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Jan 2013
Jan 23 2013 – Since the NPCIL and DAE authorities are tight-lipped about the current condition of the KKNPP, recurrent rumors are making rounds here in our area that that there have been some 40 deaths, that the contract workers at KKNPP have been asked not to report for duty, and that KKNPP-1 has been completely sealed.
→ read full articleCelebration of Struggle Starts in Kudankulam on New Year 2013
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2012
New Year 2013 @ Kudankulam: Celebrating Resistance, Asserting Freedom. Idinthakarai village, which has been the nucleus of the Kudankulam anti-nuclear power plant struggle, welcomed hundreds of people who have come to celebrate New Year with the local communities spearheading the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE).
→ read full articleA Request to Dissolve the Indian Parliament
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Dec 2012
We, the following citizens of India, have just completed 500 days of our peaceful protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project. Although our people have been struggling peacefully and nonviolently and democratically for 500 days, the Central government and the State government have not given our struggle its due importance or serious consideration to our demands. Instead they persist with their plan of commissioning the project at any cost just to please their Russian, American and French masters.
→ read full articleGo Back, Mr. Putin. You Are Not Welcome in India!
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Dec 2012
23 Dec 2012 – The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy strongly objects to the visit of Mr. Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, and asks him to go back. The Russian Ambassador to India has been interfering in the internal affairs of India by making unwanted statements and unacceptable comments on our energy policy, development policy, our national futures and our citizens’ right to protest against anti-national policies and projects.
→ read full articleIndia: Let’s Have a National Debate on the Ambitious Nuclear Program
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Dec 2012
If the Congress Party or the BJP or any other party for that matter manages to convince the Indian voters about this full-scale nuclearization of the country and obtains absolute majority in the next Parliament, we will call off the ongoing struggle against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) immediately.
→ read full articleLetter to Delegates of 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Nov 2012
Only our two countries, China and India, are going for major expansion of nuclear power with no concrete plans to decommission the plants or to store and safeguard the nuclear waste. Both our countries also go for major nuclear arms build-up which is not in the best interests of our peoples, regional harmony and world peace.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to the Heads of States of the World
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2012
We, several millions of people from India, are seeking your support for the peaceful and nonviolent struggle that we have been waging for almost a quarter century against the Koodankulam nuclear power project. It is being built with Russian loan and technology against the will and wishes of the local people. As Indian authorities charge us with sedition and waging war on the state, imprisonment, curfew and prohibitory orders, intimidation campaigns, home searches, physical attacks on us and our properties, and other such police atrocities, we are forced to seek justice from the international community.
→ read full articleAppeal to Our Leaders’ and Nation’s Collective Conscience!
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Nov 2012
As the very last and desperate attempt at securing our independence and freedom, thwarting another spell of colonialism and foreign domination, safeguarding India’s natural resources, changing our energy policy and ensuring the well-being of our fellow citizens, we would like to appeal to your and our nation’s collective conscience to listen to us, the ordinary people of India, and not to repress us.
→ read full articleMahatma Gandhi Speaks to the Australian Prime Minister?
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2012
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy as well as our sympathizers all over India would like to apologize to Ms. Julia Gillard, the Honorable Prime Minister of Australia, for the dangerous fall she suffered at the Raj Ghat. Madam Prime Minister, this whole Raj Ghat episode reflects the authorities’ utter lack of safety precautions and emergency preparedness. And your government is seriously considering selling Uranium to these folks. Maybe, Madam Prime Minister, Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of our Nation, is trying to say something to you and please listen to him.
→ read full articleRespect Indians and Indian Democracy
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2012
The ruling establishment’s message is loud and clear. “We do not give a damn about the Indian citizens, their democratic and nonviolent opposition to harmful policies and projects and the very democratic heritage of our country. We will put the interests of foreign countries and their MNCs ahead of the wishes and wellbeing of the Indian citizens.”
→ read full articleLetter to Citizens of Australia by the Koodankulam Children
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Sep 2012
Now we hear that The Honorable Prime Minister of Australia, Ms. Julia Gillard, has agreed to sell Uranium to India and visit our country. While we welcome Ms. Gillard to India at any time, we would very much like to request her government and the people of Australia not to sell Uranium to India, to facilitate nuclear arms race among India, Pakistan and China, make South Asia even more dangerous and spoil the futures of us, the children of India and other countries.
→ read full articleLetter from the Koodankulam Children to Citizens of Russian Federation
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Sep 2012
Greetings! We, several thousands of children from the southernmost tip of India, are writing to you to send our love and seek your support for the peaceful and nonviolent struggle that we and our parents have been waging for the past twelve months against the Koodankulam nuclear power project.
→ read full articleLetter from the Koodankulam Children to Pres. Obama’s Children
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Sep 2012
Dear Malia and Sasha, let us all together, the children of the United States and India and other countries around the world, build a safe future for all of us without nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons. We would very much like to request you to talk to your Mom and Dad and friends and help us close down the Koodankulam nuclear power plant and not start any American plant in our country.
→ read full articlePMANE Observes Independence Day as Black Day
Dr. S.P. Udayakumar, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Aug 2012
The first anniversary of the current phase of our struggle will be commemorated on August 16, 2012 at Idinthakarai. Several political and social leaders along with writers, artists and activists will be participating in the day-long event.
→ read full articleThe Absurd “Offsite Emergency” Drama and Unanswered Questions
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jun 2012
The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project along with Tirunelveli district administration has carried out an “offsite emergency exercise.” Do nuclear disasters affect a large area around the plant or just one or two specific villages? How come the exercise is carried out in an isolated village and not throughout the project affected area?
→ read full articleEmergency Preparedness at Koodankulam: A BIG LIE
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jun 2012
Do we conduct fire drill just in one school in some remote village or in all schools all over the country? Do we conduct safety drill just in one movie theater in an unknown hamlet or in all theaters all over the country? Should we perform nuclear emergency drills only in Nakkanery or in all villages and towns at least in the 30 km radius of the nuclear power plant?
→ read full articleComplaint to India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jun 2012
We, the members of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy and people of southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, write to demand immediate halt of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) at Koodankulam in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, and a thorough scrutiny of the following issues before AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) gives a green signal to the commissioning of the Koodankulam project.
→ read full articlePeople Struggle for Survival: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Plays Hide and Seek
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
The NPCIL plays hide and seek with the lives and safety of millions of Indian citizens. They argue that the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) “is a ‘third party document’ and therefore, without the prior consent of the third party, the same cannot be shared with anyone.” Although they are holding the SAR in a ‘Fiduciary Capacity,’ they cannot share it with the people of India.
→ read full articleCelebrate “World Oceans Day” on June 8 and Protect the Mother Ocean
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jun 2012
PMANE Plans Special Prayers, Floral Tributes and Cultural Programs in Coastal Villages
→ read full articleSite Evaluation Report – Analysis
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 May 2012
There is hardly any mention of desalinations plants, the transportation of the nuclear waste and other crucial issues. To sum up, this SER reads like a practical joke being played upon the innocent people of southern Tamil Nadu and southern Kerala. The PMANE rejects this so called SER and demands the NPCIL to share the real, complete and updated Site Evaluation Report with the people of India along with the Safety Analysis Report as per the orders of the CIC.
→ read full articleAn Open Letter to the People of Russia
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2012
Greetings! We, several millions of people from the southernmost tip of India, are writing to you to send our love and seek your support for the peaceful and nonviolent struggle that we have been waging for the past nine months against the Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP). This mega nuclear power park is being built with Russian loan and technology against the will and wishes of the local people.
→ read full article“Respect India”
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 May 2012
‘Respect India’ is a call similar to ‘Quit India’ fervently made by the ordinary citizens of India here at Idinthakarai on May 8, 2012. ‘Quit India’ was a civil disobedience movement launched in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Quit India’ speech delivered on August 8, 1942 at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay. Gandhiji’s call for determined, but passive resistance appeared in his appeal to “Do or Die.” India is facing a similar “Do or Die” situation today.
→ read full articleIndia: Koodankulam Update Apr 27 2012
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
Greetings! Please accept our sincere thanks for your keen interest in our struggle and the kind support for our cause. As you know, we have been fighting against the Koodankulam Nuclear power Project (KKNPP) since the late 1980s. To put it all in a nutshell, this is a classic David-Goliath fight between the ‘ordinary citizens’ of India and the powerful Indian government supported by the rich Indian capitalists, MNCs, imperial powers and the global nuclear mafia.
→ read full articleIndia: PMANE Announces Indefinite Hunger Strike from May 1, 2012
People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Apr 2012
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy-PMANE plans to resume indefinite hunger strike from May 1, 2012, International Workers’ Day, in protest to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project-KKNPP in Tamil Nadu. More than 56,000 people have been charged with false cases until December 31, 2011 including some 6,000 sedition cases. No step has been taken to withdraw all the false charges; instead, fresh murder charges are framed against the leaders of the PMANE falsely.
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