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The passage by both houses of Parliament of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 marks yet another step in the United Progressive Alliance government
Jyoti Malhotra / New Delhi August 27, 2010, 0:23 IST As key world capitals scrutinise the Nuclear Liability Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, for word on how the new legislation would affect potential civil nuclear agreements with India, a senior Union minister has said that private suppliers …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai August 26, 2010, 1:56 IST Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCIL) has proposed a comprehensive rehabilitation package of Rs 650 crore for the proposed 10,000-Mw project in Maharashtra. The package, which awaits the state rehabilitation authority’s approval, envisages compensation of Rs 48,000 to Rs 1.60 lakh per …
Echoing the sentiments of state-run NPCIL, industry lobbies raised objection to the present form of the nuclear liability bill claiming that that its imposition would result in a mass exodus of private players from the nuclear power sector. Leading industry body leaders, Chandrajit Banerjee of the Confederation of Indian Industry …
An overstretched debate on the civil nuclear liability bill has led to a rather bizarre situation, where the nuclear operator — to protect whose rights the opposition has gone to every extent — has come out in the open to not thank them for their efforts but to, in fact, …
Is the BJP writing an epitaph for India’s nuclear industry? The BJP, in alliance with the Left, tried its best to scuttle the nuclear deal, which brought to an end India’s status as an international nuclear pariah. Now the BJP is proposing changes to the civil nuclear liability Bill which, …
SWARAJ THAPA & RAVISH TIWARINEW DELHI `THE Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), which operates the country's nuclear power plants, said today that the terms of the supplier liability clause -on which the government is trying to work out an agreement with the Opposition -are so stringent that no …
Once the controversial civil nuclear liability bill takes the shape of law, a complex generating one of the highest amounts of nuclear power in India would be set up in Ratnagiri district
Santosh Patnaik VISAKHAPATNAM: The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to submit a detailed report for finalising Terms of Reference (ToR) for environment impact assessment study for the nuclear power park at Kovvada in Srikakulam …
Sushil Manav Fatehabad, August 17 Farmers from Gorakhpur village in this district, where the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NIPCL) is to set up a power plant soon, are up in arms against the government move to acquire their land. Hundreds of farmers met District Revenue Officer Om Prakash …
Promoters of nuclear plants need patience and deep pockets. That’s the lesson being reinforced for India—from a showpiece project in its backyard and another in Finland, where French company Areva’s flagship project, is running into time and cost overruns. Both have implications for India’s programme of taking nuclear generation capacity …
The Indian government, at the last round of commercial negotiations with Russia for the supply of four additional reactors at Kudankulum, had wanted the contract to include a clause allowing for the
THE preliminary work on the nuclear power plant in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district has started amid protests. Government officials who visited the site in Jasapara village on June 11 to collect soil samples were gheraoed for over six hours by angry people. The soil samples were to be collected for laboratory …
Alok Deshpande / DNA Mumbai: People affected by the proposed 9,000MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri have decided to continue their protests against the project. They have refused to accept compensation offered for their land, even if it was at the prevailing market rate. State
New Delhi: Four new nuclear power plants proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India have run into trouble with the environment and forests ministry rejecting their initial applications for statutory environmental clearances. NPCIL has proposed four power plants, one each at Fatehabad in Haryana (2,800mw), Mandla in Madhya Pradesh (1,400mw), …
AMIDST increasing resistance from Trinamool Congress activists, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has urged the Centre to take a stronger stand if the mega Haripur nuke power venture in the state is to see the light of day. This was communicated to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and …
FRENCH industrial engineering major Alstom will formalise its tripartite joint venture agreement with state-owned Bhel and Nuclear Power Corporation over the next few months to help it tap about 45,000 mw of nuclear power, expected to come up in India over the next 10-15 years. The company has already entered …
Villagers marching to the site of the public hearing at Madban on May 16. The sleepy surroundings of Madban and nearby villages in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra were roused to action sometime in October 2005 when the Government of India sanctioned the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP). The project, proposed …
Konkan villagers waved black flags and shouted protests at the public hearing for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant on May 16. Over 1,000 villagers who turned up for the hearing in Madban village in Ratnagiri district stalled the proceedings saying it was illegal. They said the environmental impact assessment (eia) …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In move to put the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant on fast track, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has asked Gujarat government to quickly go in for acquiring 780 hectares (ha) of land on southern Saurashtra coast to kickstart work for the ambitious …
