NEW DELHI : After getting a earful about the proposed Areva nuclear reactor from disgruntled farmers in Jaitapur, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh heard a sobering assessment of the Areva’s Finnish reactor project — which is running four years behind schedule, with cost overruns hitting 2.7 billion euros — from that country’s nuclear regulator.
In a presentation made to Mr. Ramesh and a visiting Indian delegation in Finland earlier this week, Finnish regulator STUK put the blame (…)