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Sunday, August 19, 2012

India: Powerless power in the age of nuclear renaissance

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT
On July 31, 2012 for the second consecutive day, three of India’s five power grids collapsed, depriving 50% of the world’s second most populated country of electricity. The failure of the northern, eastern and north-eastern grids caused a blackout for 700 million consumers. Around 500 trains were stranded, water treatment plants were shut down and hospitals failed to operate. Airports however kept operating by swiftly switching over to alternative sources of power.http://inpowano.blogspot.com/2012/08/india-powerless-power-in-age-of-nuclear.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Inpo-WanoNewsAndReport+%28INPO+-+WANO+News+and+Report%29

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