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In Earthquake Zone, Jaitapur Nuclear Plant Could Be Courting Calamity
Jaitapur, located on the unspoilt Ratnagiri coast of Maharashtra, is at the confluence of seismic zones 3 and 4, the latter the penultimate category in the national system for assessing earthquake-sensitive areas and identified as a "High Damage Risk Zone". It is also the site prospectively for the largest nuclear power complex in the world, expected to pump 9,900 MW of electricity into the national grid.
