1st thing, whatever the the panel says...nuclear plants cannot be 100% safe....if there is a overheating, lack of moderator or any such thing then the core of the plant will melt down..and reaction will progress with normal fission speed...but again the enrichment of fissile material is low in powerplant it wont effect much but a Chernobyl or Fukishyama is bound to happen..
2nd thing, after use waste material all remain radioactive for long time and the fuel rod may remain active for another 400-500 years so, storage is big issue..they are dipped in coolant solution..mainly water which may sip down and do the harm..to land, river and affect the productivity of soil and life of people/animal...again for cooling liquid sodium or other may be used but water is again used to cool the coolant of plant which may turn radioactive
most of the developing nation are going for it because..
1.effectively less capital required..
2.less land required..
3.less maintenance cost than green energy source..
4.foreign pressure + lobbying
5. power plant may also be used for enrichment of fissile material and thus give a chance to build nuke..(most important)
as for earthquake ...it may occur any where in world and india is no exception..it is based on plate movement and volcanic eruption...and yes japan is situated in the most dangerous seismic zone of world...
Nuclear plants are Important for indian growth story..but the above hard fact cannot be neglected..we should not place our all energy egg in nuke basket...
it must also be not forgotten that during war nuke plant may become a liability instead of boon to us..
@
levina it is equally true what @
chak de INDIA pointed out..
green power is costly and it's maintenance is a huge burdensome and costly..
a lot has to be done before fully relying on green power..
+ India has a huge power requirement which cannot be fulfilled by current green technology available today..so, we have no other option but to go nuke..+ we have huge deposit of thorium(almost 25-30% of world reserve) ... which must be used effectively..
girl ..you want to bring current from sky...