India’s past record presents a number of security lapses in accordance to its nuclear plants and sensitive radioactive material showing that this is part of their regular feature, not to mention USZ shows a similar trend but right now we’ll be dealing with our unbelievably friendly neighbour, a.k.a India.
• June, 2012. Two contractual workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan are under treatment for exposure to radioactive tritium following a leak inside the plant on June 23. The two workers, along with 36 others, were carrying out annual maintenance work when the leak was detected. While the employees were evacuated immediately, higher levels of exposure were detected in two workers.
Two suffer tritium exposure at n-plant - Indian Express
• July, 2012. More than 40 workers at a nuclear power station in northern India have been exposed to tritium radiation in two separate leaks in the past five weeks, company managers said on Tuesday.
The first accident occurred on June 23 when 38 people were exposed during maintenance work on a coolant channel at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station in Rawatbhata, senior plant manager Vinod Kumar told AFP.
http://news.yahoo.com/40-india-nuclear-plant-workers-contaminated-firm-171419175.html
• On July 14, 2010, a chlorine gas leakage surrounded the city of Mumbai in panic and alarm causing over 80 people to be taken to hospitals in critical condition. Caused by leakage of chlorine gas cylinders that were to be part of a consignment to be transported to chemical industries to manufacture biological and chemical weapons.
Chlorine gas leak in Mumbai, 78 hospitalized | NDTV.com
• On 7 December 2009, Mumbai police arrested three men with unspecified amount of uranium.
• In the end of November 2009, more than 90 Indian workers suffered radiation due to contamination of drinking water at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnata.
• On 19 February 2008 Bihar Police seized around 4 Kg of uranium after they arrested a gang of smugglers near Nepal's border.
• In December 2006, a container packed with radioactive material had been stolen from Indian fortified research atomic facility near Mumbai.
• In December 2005, USZ imposed sanctions on two Indian firms for selling missile goods and chemical arms material to Iran in violation of India’s commitment to prevent proliferation. In the same year, Indian scientists, Dr.Surender and Y.S.R Prasad had been blacklisted by Washington due to their involvement in nuclear theft.
US imposes sanctions on two Indian scientists under anti-proliferation laws | Asian Tribune
• In February 2004, India’s ambassador to Libya, Dinkar Sirivastava revealed that New Delhi was investigating that retired Indian scientists could possibly be engaged in high technology programs for financial gains during employment in the Libyan government.
• On January 26, 2003, CNN pointed out that Indian company, NEC Engineers Private Ltd. Shipped 10 consignments to Iraq, containing highly sensitive equipment entailing titanium vessels and centrifugal pumps.
• On November 7, 2000, International Atomic Agency disclosed that Indian police had seized 57 pounds of uranium and arrested two men for elicit trafficking of radioactive material. IAEA had said that Indian civil nuclear facilities were vulnerable to thefts.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/25/sprj.india.iraq/• On 27 August 2001 the West Bengal policed arrested two men with more than 200 grams of semi-processed uranium. Intelligence reports suggested the existence of an active uranium smuggling racket in West Bengal.• On 1 May 2000 Mumbai police seized 8.3 Kg of uranium. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the Indian police seized three uranium rods and arrested eight persons on charges of illicit trafficking of nuclear material on 13 November 2000. Earlier, on 7 November 2000, according to the IAEA, the Indian police had seized 57 pounds of uranium and arrested two men on charges of illicit trafficking of radioactive material. In July 1998 India’s CBI seized 8 Kg of nuclear material from three engineers in Chennai.
• In the late 1990s the country’s nuclear facilities recorded at least 134 mishaps, or what they termed “Safety Related Unusual Occurrences”. In 1998 the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board claimed that 28 of these incidents occurred in nine nuclear power stations, but none were serious. Five of these, however, including a fire, led to plant closures.
• In July 1998, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation seized 8 kg of nuclear material from three engineers in Chennai. It was reported that the uranium was stolen from an atomic research centre. The case still remains pending.
• In 1997, such “Safety Related Unusual Occurrence” led to the death of a scientist after exposure to poisonous gas at a heavy water plant in Andhra Pradesh state.• In 1992 a major radioactive leak from ill-maintained pipelines near the Cirus and Dhruva reactor complex at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center near Mumbai was found to have caused severe soil contamination affecting people living nearby.
• On July 27, 1991, at the heavy water plant run by the Department of Atomic Energy at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan Nuclear radiation had affected and injured many labourers there.• Two to three tons of heavy water leaked out of an atomic reactor in western India on 5 August 1981.
Almost, 160 cases have been registered of theft, smuggling, loss or misplacement of radioactive source in local police records. Nearly 20,000 radioactive sources are used throughout India of which about 900 are particularly worrisome. These missed or stolen radioactive materials can be used by terrorists for making “Radiological Dispersion Devices”, which can create havoc. This shows that India’s Atomic Energy Commission has no control and proper record and monitoring of these radioactive materials. They have no proper equipment for the detection of these radioactive materials and to check their illicit trafficking at the border areas. This can be dangerous for the neighbouring countries as well.
Anyways those nukes are sold at the shop next-door for 2rs a piece and was on a super sale this Diwali.
