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Clarification

I would like to clarify a comment published in the report “U.S. delegate backs CPI(M) stand on the civilian nuclear agreement” (March 31). It referred to me as “Agreeing that India’s energy needs were growing and nuclear energy was one of the cleanest sources of energy...” I certainly agreed that India’s needs were growing and nuclear energy is one possible source that India and other countries like the U.S. utilise. But I don’t think it is a “clean” source. In the U.S., there is much controversy about what to do with the nuclear waste generated from the plants. This waste is radioactive and no one likes to think about its transport or storage near them or their families. One such large-scale battle is taking place in Nevada where the Department of Energy wants to use the Yucca Mountain as the storage facility for such waste. Public safety and health issues loom large around nuclear waste, which in my opinion does not make it “clean.”

Terrie Albano,

Chicago, Illinois

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