ABSTRACT
Questions have been raised regarding the vulnerability of India's nuclear power plants to natural disasters when the country is on a civil nuclear expansion mode. This chapter mainly highlights the provisions followed in the siting of the Indian nuclear power plants by examining the various Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) guidelines and publications. India is vulnerable to different types of natural disasters originating mainly from its tropical meteorology and Himalayan and littoral geology. Among the five major stages siting, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning in the lifetime of a nuclear power plant, the siting process involves enormous difficulties as the starting point. The nearest faultline is far away from Jaitapur; rather, the special advantage of Jaitapur is that it is adjacent to the sea and is at a height of 20m above sea level which is a natural tsunami saviour.
