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బడా రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల పేర్లు ఇవ్వండి: సీఐసీ

రుణ ఎగవేతదారులుగా తీర్మానించాలని బ్యాంకులకు పంపిన జాబితాలోని బడా రుణ గ్రహీతల వివరాలు ఇవ్వాలని రిజర్వు​ బ్యాంకును ఆదేశించింది కేంద్ర సమాచార కమిషన్​(సీఐసీ). లఖ్​నవూకు చెందిన సామాజిక కార్యకర్త నతున్​ ఠాకూర్​ ఫిర్యాదు మేరకు  వివరాలను కోరింది.

బడా రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల పేర్లు ఇవ్వండి: సీఐసీ
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Published : May 27, 2019, 5:07 PM IST

Updated : May 27, 2019, 7:34 PM IST

బడా రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల పేర్లు ఇవ్వండి: సీఐసీ

బ్యాంకుల నుంచి రూ.వేలకోట్ల రుణాలు తీసుకుని తిరిగి చెల్లించకుండా ఉన్న బడా రుణ గ్రహీతల పేర్లు అందజేయాలని రిజర్వు​ బ్యాంకును ఆదేశించింది కేంద్ర సమాచార కమిషన్​. రుణ ఎగవేతదారులుగా తీర్మానించాలని గతంలో కొందరి పేర్లతో కూడిన జాబితాను బ్యాంకులకు పంపింది ఆర్​బీఐ. ఆ జాబితాలోని పెద్ద మొత్తంలో రుణాలు పొందిన వారి వివరాలు ఇవ్వాలని సీఐసీ పేర్కొంది.

లఖ్​నవూకు చెందిన సామాజిక కార్యకర్త నతున్​ ఠాకూర్​ ఫిర్యాదుపై విచారణ చేపట్టింది సీఐసీ.

2017లో ఆర్బీఐ డిప్యూటీ గవర్నర్​ విరల్​ ఆచార్య.. రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల జాబితాను బ్యాంకులకు పంపించినట్లు పేర్కొన్న విషయంపై ఆర్టీఐ కింద దరఖాస్తు చేశారు ఠాకూర్​. మీడియా సమావేశంలో ఆచార్య పేర్కొన్న జాబితాలోని రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల వివరాలు, నోట్​ షీట్స్​, వారి ఖాతాల వివరాలు ఇవ్వాలని ఆర్బీఐను కోరారు​. కానీ ఆర్బీఐ ఆమె దరఖాస్తును తిరస్కరించింది. అది గోప్యంగా ఉంచాల్సిన సమాచారమంటూ పేర్కొంది.

ఆర్బీఐ తన దరఖాస్తును తిరస్కరించటంపై సీఐసీని ఆశ్రయించారు ఠాకూర్​.

ఆర్టీఐ చట్టంలోని సెక్షన్​ 8(1)(d) ఈ దరఖాస్తుకు వర్తించదని పేర్కొన్నారు ముఖ్య ప్రజా సమాచార అధికారి సురేష్​ చంద్ర. కానీ ఆర్బీఐ చట్టం సెక్షన్​ 45సీ, ఈ కిందకు వస్తుందని తెలిపారు. వివాద పరిష్కార ప్రక్రియలో భాగంగా రెండు దశల్లో సమాచారం ఇవ్వాలని ఆర్బీఐకు తెలిపారు. మొదటి దశలో అందించిన సమాచారానికి ఫిర్యాదుదారు సంతృప్తి చెందకుంటే... సీఐసీ ముందు రెండో అభ్యర్థన దాఖలు చేయాలని పేర్కొన్నారు.

ఇదీ చూడండి: 'గణాంక వ్యవస్థలో మార్పులు అవసరం'

బడా రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల పేర్లు ఇవ్వండి: సీఐసీ

బ్యాంకుల నుంచి రూ.వేలకోట్ల రుణాలు తీసుకుని తిరిగి చెల్లించకుండా ఉన్న బడా రుణ గ్రహీతల పేర్లు అందజేయాలని రిజర్వు​ బ్యాంకును ఆదేశించింది కేంద్ర సమాచార కమిషన్​. రుణ ఎగవేతదారులుగా తీర్మానించాలని గతంలో కొందరి పేర్లతో కూడిన జాబితాను బ్యాంకులకు పంపింది ఆర్​బీఐ. ఆ జాబితాలోని పెద్ద మొత్తంలో రుణాలు పొందిన వారి వివరాలు ఇవ్వాలని సీఐసీ పేర్కొంది.

లఖ్​నవూకు చెందిన సామాజిక కార్యకర్త నతున్​ ఠాకూర్​ ఫిర్యాదుపై విచారణ చేపట్టింది సీఐసీ.

2017లో ఆర్బీఐ డిప్యూటీ గవర్నర్​ విరల్​ ఆచార్య.. రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల జాబితాను బ్యాంకులకు పంపించినట్లు పేర్కొన్న విషయంపై ఆర్టీఐ కింద దరఖాస్తు చేశారు ఠాకూర్​. మీడియా సమావేశంలో ఆచార్య పేర్కొన్న జాబితాలోని రుణ ఎగవేతదారుల వివరాలు, నోట్​ షీట్స్​, వారి ఖాతాల వివరాలు ఇవ్వాలని ఆర్బీఐను కోరారు​. కానీ ఆర్బీఐ ఆమె దరఖాస్తును తిరస్కరించింది. అది గోప్యంగా ఉంచాల్సిన సమాచారమంటూ పేర్కొంది.

ఆర్బీఐ తన దరఖాస్తును తిరస్కరించటంపై సీఐసీని ఆశ్రయించారు ఠాకూర్​.

ఆర్టీఐ చట్టంలోని సెక్షన్​ 8(1)(d) ఈ దరఖాస్తుకు వర్తించదని పేర్కొన్నారు ముఖ్య ప్రజా సమాచార అధికారి సురేష్​ చంద్ర. కానీ ఆర్బీఐ చట్టం సెక్షన్​ 45సీ, ఈ కిందకు వస్తుందని తెలిపారు. వివాద పరిష్కార ప్రక్రియలో భాగంగా రెండు దశల్లో సమాచారం ఇవ్వాలని ఆర్బీఐకు తెలిపారు. మొదటి దశలో అందించిన సమాచారానికి ఫిర్యాదుదారు సంతృప్తి చెందకుంటే... సీఐసీ ముందు రెండో అభ్యర్థన దాఖలు చేయాలని పేర్కొన్నారు.

ఇదీ చూడండి: 'గణాంక వ్యవస్థలో మార్పులు అవసరం'

US NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONNING
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Vernon, Vermont – 29 April 2019
1. Close of signage on container for radioactive material at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant that's being decommissioned
2. Pan left of NorthStar executive deactivating alarm that has gone off inside control room at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
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Plymouth, Massachusetts – 28 February 2019
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick O'Brien, Pilgrim Power Plant:
"Due to the lowering gas prices, it really is a very difficult market to run a nuclear power station."
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Vernon, Vermont – 29 April 2019
4. Tilt-down of safety monitoring system inside control room at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant
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Hinsdale, New Hampshire – 29 April 2019
5. Wide of Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor building seen from across the Connecticut River, in neighboring New Hampshire
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Plymouth, Massachusetts – 17 April 2019
6. Wide of reactor building seen from outside the Pilgrim nuclear power station
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Vernon, Vermont – 29 April 2019
7. Mid of NorthStar executive unlocking and opening door to the Vermont Yankee control room
8. Wide of NorthStar nuclear decommissioning workers testing containment spray system that they plan to use to capture radioactive dust when they cut contaminated structures
9. Mid of signage, reading (English): "NorthStar"
10. Wide of parts of massive dry storage system manufactured by Holtec International that NorthStar uses to store spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive material during decommissioning
11. High shot of part of the Vermont Yankee facility, nuclear decommissioning workers walking atop concrete slab that remains after some buildings were demolished during ongoing decommissioning process
12. Wide of nuclear decommissioning worker walking past building bearing NorthStar signage
13. Close of nuclear control rod select matrix
14. Mid of worker pressing button on control rod select matrix
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Manhattan, New York – 1 May 2019
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott State, NorthStar Solutions Group:
"We've got a large staffing pool of decommissioning experts and we expect we could actually do as many as six of these projects concurrently."
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Hinsdale, New Hampshire – 29 April 2019
16. Wide of Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor building seen from across the Connecticut River, in neighboring New Hampshire
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Plymouth, Massachusetts – 17 April 2019
17. Mid of reactor building at the Pilgrim nuclear power station
18. Mid of warning sign near entrance to Pilgrim nuclear power station
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Mary Lambert, Anti-Nuclear Activist:
"A concern about expedited cleanup is: is it going to be fast and dirty? Number one. We want a thorough cleanup and, hopefully, a thorough one will also be a quick one."
20. Various of signs at entrance to Pilgrim nuclear power station
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Internet – 16 May 2019
21. SCREENGRAB of letter written by Entergy to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, seeking to transfer its licenses for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to a subsidiary of Holtec International that is seeking to buy the plant for decommissioning once it is shut down ++MUTE++
22. SCREENGRAB of statement by Holtec International, responding to concern over its aggressive push to buy shuttered nuclear power plant in order to decommission them
"Our commitment to the nuclear industry also includes taking ownership of shutdown nuclear plants so that we can safely and efficiently decommission the plants so that the land can be returned to productive use." - Joy Russell, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Communications, Holtec International ++MUTE++
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Plymouth, Massachusetts – 17 April 2019
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Mary Lambert, Anti-Nuclear Activist:
"We care that we are not stuck with a bill, okay? And we also care that the site is properly cleaned up so that public health, safety and the environment are protected."
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Vernon, Vermont – 29 April 2019
24. Various of control room representation, showing cross section of containment system for Vermont Yankee reactor vessel
25. Various of contractors working on giant crane used to install hefty concrete container for contaminated material from decommissioning work
26. Mid of signage in foreground, heavy forklift moving in background
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New York – 1 May 2019
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott State, NorthStar Solutions Group:
"We've also placed some specialty insurance products that, if, in fact, we find unknown unknowns we can call on insurance to fund cleanup of that sort of activities."
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Vernon, Vermont – 29 April 2019
28. Various of metal-and-concrete containers for spent nuclear fuel at Vermont Yankee
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Washington – 3 April 2019
29.  SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Gunter, Anti-Nuclear Activist:
"These facilities were licensed without a long-term management plan for the nuclear waste and it was always 'somebody else was gonna be taking care of that.' Well, for many of these facilities – an increasing number of nuclear power facilities – the time has run out."
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Vernon, Vermont – 29 April 2019
30. Pan right of Vermont Yankee control room
LEADIN:
Companies specializing in nuclear demolition and radioactive waste storage are buying up aging U.S. reactors and promising to decommission them in dramatically less time than their utility owners had planned - eight years instead of 60, in some cases.
Viewed by experts as an emerging trend in the nuclear power industry, the sales of these retired or soon-to-be-retired reactors present a paradox for residents, state officials and nuclear watchdogs.
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Few argue that decommissioning a facility within a matter of years is less preferable than the decades-long approach called "safe storage," in which shuttered plants are left dormant while radioactive elements slowly decay.
Yet the speedier approach raises questions about whether the timetables are consistent with environmentally safe cleanups, and whether the buyers have the experience and money to manage multiple projects.
Holtec, a privately held, global corporation that manufactures giant containers for storing spent radioactive fuel after it's removed from reactor cores, also has deals in place to buy several Nuclear plants owned by Entergy Corp., including: Pilgrim in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts, closing May 31; Palisades in Covert, Michigan, slated for closure in 2022; and two reactors expected to close within two years at Indian Point in Buchanan, New York, according to public statements and documents filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
"Our commitment to the nuclear industry includes taking ownership of shutdown nuclear plants so that we can safely and efficiently decommission the plants so that the land can be returned to productive use," Holtec spokeswoman Joy Russell said in an email.
The company did not make officials available for interview, but strongly defended its 30-year nuclear industry track record.
The proposed sales await Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval, with decisions expected in the coming weeks and months.
Used fuel generally stays in the pool for at least five years, and ten years is the industry norm, according to the NRC, allowing for enough cooling so it can be safely moved into so-called "dry storage" casks.
Holtec has designed a cask it says can accept spent fuel after only two years, allowing for a complete transfer from the "wet storage" pool within three years.
While there are clear risks attached to transferring spent fuel too quickly, experts also note there remains a slight risk of a catastrophic leak or fire for as long as the fuel remains in the pools.
Seven U.S. reactors have closed since 2013 and at least a dozen more could follow over the next decade, many pushed into retirement by factors such as competition from cheaper energy sources like natural gas.
"Due to the lowering gas prices, it really is a very difficult market to run a nuclear power station," says Patrick O'Brien, spokesman for Pilgrim, which got a 20-year extension to its original 40-year license but ultimately is shutting down after 47 years.
In January, privately held NorthStar Group Services completed the purchase of Vermont Yankee from New Orleans-based Entergy after federal and state regulators approved the sale of the reactor, closed since 2014.
It marked the first permanent transfer of an operating license to a nuclear cleanup specialist for accelerated decommissioning.
NorthStar hopes to announce another transaction soon.
There's more at stake than just demolishing the plants.
Once removed from the plant itself, the spent fuel has nowhere to go and must remain indefinitely at or near the site, under 24-hour guard, because picking a permanent national nuclear waste storage site has proven too politically radioactive.
NorthStar and Holtec have proposed interim waste storage facilities in Texas and New Mexico, respectively, which could allow for the centralized storage of spent fuel, but which also face legal and regulatory hurdles.
The citizen's group Pilgrim Watch, which has long advocated for the fast-approaching day when the plant closes for good, remains wary of what lies ahead in decommissioning.
"A concern about expedited cleanup is: is it going to be fast and dirty? Number one," says Mary Lambert, of the anti-nuclear group Pilgrim's Watch.
"We want a thorough cleanup and, hopefully, a thorough one will also be a quick one.
"We care that we are not stuck with a bill, okay? And we also care that the site is properly cleaned up so that public health, safety and the environment are protected."
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