The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Park project is a joint effort between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and AREVA, a French corporation that will be supplying the nuclear reactors. It involves building 6 power plants over 18 years with a total capacity of 9,900 MWe. Once completed, it will be the largest nuclear power reactor in the world. AREVA will be supplying the six reactor units using European Pressurized Reactors (EPR) - a fledgling technology that has not yet been implemented successfully anywhere in the world, and is experiencing substantial setbacks where it has been attempted.

Numerous grounds for opposing the plant have been voiced by community leaders and scientists around the country, including the risk of a seismic disaster, upsetting the sensitive balance of an ecosystem that has been called a biological "hot-spot," and by extension ruining local agriculture and fishing villages.  Furthermore, The Jaitapur nuclear park is situated in Konkan, a land dense with culture and human heritage.  It contains many famous hills and sea forts and pilgrimage centers and agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and tourism have therefore been the traditional pillars of economy of these districts.(1)  In order to get environmental clearance for the project from the government of India, NPCIL has employed the Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to create an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The most recent revision of the project's EIA has come under fire for being "grossly unscientific."(2)

In addition, the cost of the energy ultimately produced by the plant and the benefit of the plant to India's economy are in dispute. AREVA claims that the plant's energy will cost Rs. 17-18 crore. NPCIL, however, balks at this figure, and claims that the plant will only be cost competitive if it can produce power for less than Rs. 10 crore. NPCIL estimates that the cost for coal, gas and hydro power in 2018, the earliest date of completion for the first reactors, would be only Rs. 7-8 crore. Finally, AREVA estimates that only 40-50% of the services and materials required for the plant will come from India itself, taking the majority of the economic benefit created by the plant overseas. If the plant can't be cost competitive or provide economic benefit to India, on what legs can it stand? (3)

Sources:
1: Madhav Gadgil.  "Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts: Summary Report of the Maharashtra Government Consultation, 30th September and Study Tour, 4th to 11th October, 2010."
2: "Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) - Stop a Disaster in the Making."  KBS: Konkan Bachao Samiti.  21 January 2011.
3. Makarand Gadgil. "AREVA's local partners to provide 40-50% of materials, services." The Wall Street Journal. Web.
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