Kapil Patil

The Koondankulam plant has finally attained criticality but doubts will continue to be raised about the safety of the reactors. What do nuclear risk assessment methods tell us about the possibility of future accidents at KKNPP?

• Published: August 02, 2013
• IDSA Comments

The Right of Recourse embedded in the Indian nuclear liability law has ensured that more than four years after the NSG granted exemption to enable nuclear commerce with India, India has not been able to finalise a single contract with any of the countries with which it has signed nuclear cooperation agreements for any nuclear facility.

• Published: November 09, 2012
• Issue Brief

The possibility of situation worsening can not be ruled out. However, it would be counter-productive to create panic by speculating only worst case scenario.

• Published: March 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Routledge, Oxon, 2009, 256 pp., $120.00, ISBN 978-0-415-49103-7

• Published: January 2011
• Strategic Analysis

• Published: April-June 2010
• CBW Magazine