The probability of an accident due to a nuclear plant is one in infinity and all atomic power plants in the country conform to safety standards.

Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Sri Kumar Banerjee told reporters on the sidelines of the golden jubilee celebrations of Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory (TBRL) at Ramgarh in Haryana.

Pointing out that no human activity can be risk-free; he said there was a definite need for creating awareness and awareness programme needed to be intensified manifold to convince the people in the neighbourhood of a proposed or existing nuclear plant.

He said human body faces more radiation during a CT scan than working in a nuclear power plant.

Referring to the recent Fukushima (Japan) nuclear accident, Banerjee said it happened after a gap of 25 years and the cause and effect of the accident was earthquake followed by a tsunami.