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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12493151" data-attributes="member: 92282">Seeking to allay Sri Lankan fears on the Kudankulam nuclear plant in  case of an accident, India today said there was no need to worry as it  has high safety standards and a legal mechanism to take care of  trans-boundary liability issues. "Sri Lanka has no reason to  worry. The safety features of Kudankulam are of high standards, which  have been cleared and verified by several independent groups," Atomic  Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said here. He  pointed out that Parliament has passed a law that takes care of  trans-boundary issues in case of nuclear accidents.     Earlier, Sri Lankan  Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka had said that his country felt  threatened by the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in case of a Fukushima  like disaster.     He had said Sri Lanka would raise the matter the next  meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in September.  Parliament has passed the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill in  2010, Banerjee said.     India has also signed the Convention on  Supplementary Compensation (CSC) that also has elements to take care of  trans-boundary issues, he said. India is yet to ratify the CSC.PTI</blockquote>

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