Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev goes to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel with a stronger hand than ever to win a long-held aim: closer access to consumers in the biggest market for Russian gas. The host nation is Russia's third-largest trading partner and the biggest buyer of Russian gas, but …
Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Wednesday the country must gradually reduce its reliance on atomic power with the eventual goal of becoming nuclear-free. Four months after the March 11 quake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident, the world's worst since Chernobyl 25 years ago, Mr. Kan …
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said here on Friday that nuclear power production was safe, given the stringent regulatory mechanism put in place. He was speaking at the 52nd convocation of Sri Venkateswara University after receiving an honorary degree. Dr. Banerjee called the nuclear industry the
The utility at the heart of Japan's atomic crisis, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), won institutional shareholder backing on Tuesday to keep its reactors in the face of anger from rank-and-file stockholders seeking an end to nuclear energy. A motion filed at the utility's annual general meeting would have forced …
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } In the wake of the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan in March, several countries have announced plans to reject nuclear power. Japan will not build any more reactors. Germany plans to phase out its nuclear power plants, Switzerland …
The Central government has finally given the go-ahead to the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant in Kovvada in Srikakulam after a review of the safety aspects following the tsunami-linked nuclear disaster in Japan. This will be the biggest nuclear power plant in the country when completed. The Centre had …
As officials in Japan agonise over what constitutes a safe radiation dose for people who live near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, the state of the science has been a daunting problem. Studies on the effects of exposure are based mostly on large doses delivered quickly by atomic bombs, while …
With the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) having, for the first time, named India as the global host of World Environment Day 2011 (WED) on June 5, the thrust has been on how soon the country can transit towards a green economy. A first step towards this was taken with …
The Maharashtra government, in a bid to pacify locals opposing the proposed 9,900 Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, has cleared payment of Rs 10 lakh per acre to project affected persons (PAPs). This is to be paid by the developer, Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC). Earlier, NPC had …
Whereas the whole world is extending its sympathy and support to the people in Japan who are devastated from the recent earth quake, the consequent Tsunami and nuclear emergency, there are also many lessons for poor countries like India with dense population. A crucial lesson has been the folly of …
Merkel's nuclear U-turn driven by Fukushima disaster BERLIN: Germany wants to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition declared on Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan. The coalition, sensitive to accusations it may increase dependence on …
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Sunday said that the government has sought US assistance to overcome load-shedding in the country for providing immediate relief to the masses. During a meeting with senior journalists at his residence here, he said that US leadership has assured of assistance to the Pakistani …
Why did one nuclear site in Fukushima escape damage from the earthquake? Mike Weightman is going there to discover what lessons can be learned. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028146.000-nuclear-inspector-what-we-can-learn-from-fukushima.html
Germany is coping without about three quarters of its nuclear power capacity by burning more climate-warming coal, reaping the rewards of renewables investments, and importing more French atomic energy. The shutdown over the weekend of another nuclear plant means almost 16 gigawatts (GW) of German nuclear power capacity was offline …
The accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has led to much discussion about the future of nuclear power. I believe one important lesson of the accident has been overlooked. Nuclear power is often touted as a solution to climate change, but Fukushima serves as a warning that far …
To dispel fears of villagers opposed to the nuclear power project in Jaitapur, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will distribute a comic book that will also focus on the benefits they would reap from nuclear energy. The comic, Ek Tha Budhiya: Kahani Ek Khushal Gaon Ki (The Story …
