India's Supreme Court has cleared for operation a Russia-backed nuclear power plant that has been the subject of widespread protests by locals in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Protesters had filed a legal petition to close the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, saying its technology was archaic and posed a risk to thousands of people living nearby…A spokesman for state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., which owns the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, described the facility as world class…We follow all safeguards and safety measures at the plant," he said Monday.