Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Two memorandums, reflecting the divergent views of the Tamil Nadu government and the anti-nuclear power activists, on the upcoming Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project are expected to be presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday, an activist said.


"The state government wants the project to be suspended till fears about the project are allayed while we want the project to be scrapped," People's Rights Movement co-ordinator S. Sivasubramanian told IANS.

A delegation comprising state officials and anti-nuclear power activists, led by state Finance Minister O. Pannerselvam, is slated to meet Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

"As things stand now, we will submit our memorandum demanding scrapping of the power project to the prime minister and the state government will submit its own. However, if there is any change of stand by the state government, then there will be only one memorandum to the prime minister," Sivasubramanian said.

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is building two 1,000 MW capacity nuclear power reactors with Russian technology and equipment in Kudankulam in Tirunelvelli district around 650 km from Chennai. The first unit is expected to go on stream this December.

Opposing the nuclear power plant, 125 people went on an indefinite fast last month and several thousands visited the protest site at Idinthakari near Kudankulam.

Members of the anti-KNPP movement met the state government officials here Thursday.

"The state government officials told us that the government will have to take a stand which is in line with the cabinet resolution passed on the Kudankulam power project," Sivasubramanian said.

On Sep 22, the Tamil Nadu government formally asked Singh and the central government to halt work at the upcoming power project till the local fears over the reactor's safety were allayed.

The state cabinet passed a resolution to this effect.

Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa initially felt the safety features, as explained to her by NPCIL officials, were adequate and requested the protesters to call off their fast.

However, as the people were staunchly opposed to the project, she wrote to the prime minister urging him to stop the construction work till the people's fears over the project were cleared.