Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
After carrying out a complete review of its coastal nuclear sites in the wake of the tsunami-afflicted nuclear crisis in Japan, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has decided to set up tsunami alarms at all these sites that would link them up with relevant agencies including the Navy. It …
After the nuclear disaster at Fukushima plant in Japan, fear has gripped Chutka and nearby areas of the tribal-dominated Mandla district of the State, as Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has decided to set up an atomic power station here to generate 1400 MW power. Members of Chutka …
The severe quake that hit Japan earlier this month and the devastating tsunami that followed it were unfortunate. These two events triggered a series of explosions at Fukushima Daiichi and a few other nuclear power installations. The Dept. of Atomic Energy (DAE) quickly got into a denial mode saying that …
MUMBAI: March 11, 2011, began like any other day for an official of the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) in the hi-tech emergency control room at the Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan, its headquarters at Trombay. The official activated various systems and began monitoring data from nuclear power plants in India as well …
The Prime Minister's Office has given state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India two weeks to submit a report on measures needed to ensure safety of all existing and proposed nuclear projects, a government official said. NPCIL, the sole authority for atomic power generation in the country, has formed four committees …
If in the nuclear reactors in Japan, a sizeable core-melt occurs, it could give rise to explosive metal-water reactions, which could disintegrate the reactor core, disperse radioactive substances, and breach the ultimate containment. When that happens, dangerous species of radioactive fission products in the gaseous and micro-dust and droplet form …
Hyderabad: The Japanese nuclear crisis has triggered fresh fears among people in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh where protestshave been raging for several months over the proposed 2,000 MW nuclear power plant. Environmentalists, local villagers and opposition parties are up in arms against the nuclear power project at Kovvada on …
MUMBAI: Stressing that Indian atomic power plants were constantly upgraded to match current levels of safety requirements and were safe, scientists on Monday said that the events in Japan cannot slow down the country's nuclear energy programme in any way. Indian organisations had already announced they would revisit all safety …
India's top nuclear bodies on Sunday said they would revisit all safety aspects of atomic plants in the country and analyse the nuclear crisis arising in Japan after the tsunami as it had offered new lessons to fine-tune existing emergency preparedness.
Indian nuclear operators and scientists on Sunday said the failure of Japanese nuclear reactors was mainly due to the devastating tsunami, which led to external electricity failure and termed the incident "rare combination of events." They also commended their counterparts in Japan for carrying out an excellent procedure in the …
PRE-PROJECT activities have been initiated by the Nuclear Power Corporation(NPC)forsetting up a nuclear power plant of twounitsof 700mweachat village Gorakhpur in district Fatehabad of Haryana. This was revealed by Haryana Governor,J agannath Pahadia while delivering his address onthefirstday of the Vidhan Sabha session on Friday. He said that at present, …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) is slated to complete preliminary ground work for its controversial 6,000 mw power plant in West Bengal by March 2012. The proposed nuclear power project at Haripur has run into trouble with locals resisting land acquisition. NPCIL, however, has gone ahead and started ground …
KOLKATA: In a bid to address the growing opposition to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has finalized a new Rs 650 crore rehabilitation package, which it claims is "10 times" more effective than the existing one. The plant is an Indo-French joint …
In the Konkan, thousands of families in the environmentallyrich and verdant Jaitapur area are waging a non-violent battle against the Department of Atomic Energy’s plan to construct the world’s biggest nuclear power complex in the region. A report of the struggle that has been met with repression and a critique …
The electricity generated from the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) will be double, even triple the cost of electricity from coal- or gas-fired plants, according to a report. Depending on the cost of capital, the unit cost of electricity from Jaitapur would come to Rs5 to Rs8 …
