The Environment Minister's statement came a day after the Supreme Court made it clear that it can stop commissioning of the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant if it finds that the mandatory safety requirements for it have not been put in place.
"I am willing to consider (relook) in terms of safety. Right now, all the conditions we imposed are strictly complied," Natarajan told reporters here while replying to queries on the plant in Tamil Nadu that is being opposed by locals and NGOs.
Natarajan said that the conditional green clearance for Kudankulam plant was given in 2008 and she was "very confident that those are being followed."
Environment Ministry's stipulated Guidance Manual for nuclear plants is 7 degrees rise in temperature of cooling water when clearance for Kudankulam plant was given.
Later, when clearance for Jaitapur plant was given, the Ministry restricted the temperature rise to 5 degrees.
"For Jaitapur it was made 5 degrees (rise in temperature of cooling water). It is seven degree (in Kudankulam). I don't see any lack of compliance (in Kudankulam). But if we are impleded, if a need arises.... Will consider making it from seven (to five) in accordance with Jaitapur," she said.
A bench of justices K S Radhakrishanan and Deepak Misra yesterday said the safety of plant and the people living in its vicinity is its prime concern and issued notices to the Centre and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on a plea challenging the environmental clearance given to the project.
The court earlier had refused to stay loading of the fuel in the plant but had agreed to examine the risk associated with the project
The Government had told the apex court that the nuclear power plant is completely safe and designed to withstand all kinds of natural disaster and terrorist attacks.
