Scientists enroll students into anti-nuke lobby

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http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-25/kolkata/29580958_1_nuclear-energy-nuclear-plants-nuclear-lobby

Scientists enroll students into anti-nuke lobby
Subhro Niyogi May 25, 2011, 08.29pm IST

Kolkata: Catch them young and nuke the nuclear lobby. That seems to be the motto of the anti-nuclear activists in the city as they breach city schools and torpedo young minds with the anti-nuclear message. After all, it is these very students who will have to take an informed decision on acceptance or rejection of nuclear energy in future.

The scientists, gathered under the umbrella of Poromanu Shakti Birodhi Mancha or Anti-Nuclear Power Front, have already given a talk to students of La Martinere, Lakshmipat Singhania, Don Bosco, Mitra Institution and Loreto Day School. After the summer vacation, more talks are lined up in at least nine more schools in the city.

"Unlike the pro-nuclear propaganda that tries to project nuclear power as a scientifically-proven energy option that is both efficient and environment-friendly, there are scores of scientists who have been against nuclear energy but their voice got drowned in the clamor of powerful lobbyists," said Sujoy Basu, former director of school of energy studies at Jadavpur University.

"Unlike the pro-nuclear propaganda that tries to project nuclear power as a scientifically-proven energy option that is both efficient and environment-friendly, there are scores of scientists who have been against nuclear energy but their voice got drowned in the clamor of powerful lobbyists," said Sujoy Basu, former director of school of energy studies at Jadavpur University.

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