the world is awe struck at the series of events that took place after an 8.9 scale earthquake hit japan...Even Japan which is considered amongst the most developed countries of the world couldn't survive the intensity of the quake...this signals that lessons need to be learnt from this tragedy that has crippled the so called developed nation..!!! Many countries have gone for there nuclear safety reviews (china, britain, italy, finland, bulgaria)... .some shut there old reactors (germany).. .some even cancelled plans to go nuclear (venezuela)... . but going against the tide countries like Russia is reiterating its plans for nuclear expansion... .Russia is confident that a fukushima type accident can never happen in there country... .the country says it has modernised equipments..modern nuclear energy equipped with safety features.. .rather fukushima accident is the result of unlearnt lessons of Chernobyl (1986). Russia still is of the opinion that atomic energy is safe and besides having 31 reactors presently the country is in the mood to build 26 more till 2025...
(Reference: vladimir radyuhin's article 12th april The Hindu)
(Reference: vladimir radyuhin's article 12th april The Hindu)