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The Election Commission (EC) has given clearance to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to sign an agreement with its Russian counterpart for unit 3 and 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project (KKNPP) and a deal is expected to be signed soon. “The Election Commission gave a green signal …
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has no immediate plan to start construction activities for its proposed nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. This is what the NPCIL has submitted before the National Green Tribunal while appearing in an appeal filed by Akhil Bhartiya Jeev Raksha Bishnoi …
State electricity supply companies (Escoms), on Tuesday, signed power purchase agreements with Nuclear Power Corporations of India Limited and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for 442 MW and 450 MW of power, respectively. State electricity supply companies (Escoms), on Tuesday, signed power purchase agreements with Nuclear Power Corporations of India Limited …
The Karnataka Government has signed two long term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 992 MW. The Government has signed an agreement with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for 450 MW and another with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for 442 MW. Karnataka’s energy minister DK Shivakumar said with these …
With uncertainty over bifurcation ending, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is keen to expedite the land acquisition process for the proposed Kovvada nuclear power park in Srikakulam district once a new government is in place in the successor State of Andhra Pradesh. “ We hope to pour the …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Centre and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on implementation of safety guidelines issued by it for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. A bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan asked the authorities to file report within three weeks on a …
Amid protest by villagers, Mandla district administration held a public hearing for proposed nuclear plant at Chutka area on Monday. According to district administration about 500 people mostly tribals and residents from the region participated at the public hearing and expressed their views freely. Tribal leaders on the other hand …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Centre and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on implementation of safety guidelines issued by it for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. A bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan asked the authorities to file report within three weeks on a …
Ahead of district administration's third attempt to convene a public hearing for acquisition of land for proposed Chukta atomic power plant in Mandla, fresh protests have erupted on Saturday. Tribal population have ignored public hearing and also started an indefinite protest against the project saying, they will prefer to die …
PM sets ball rolling for 2,800 MW Fatehabad nuclear project Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday set the ball rolling for the 2800 MW Fatehabad nuclear power project that promises to boost growth and provide job avenues to the people in the state. The Prime Minister, who laid the foundation …
Officials of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said here today that the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Project (GHAVP) was completely safe and the apprehensions on its safety were false. The Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of the anti-nuclear energy associations, has announced a protest against the launch of …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone on Monday for a nuclear power project near Gorakhpur village in Fatehbad district of Haryana. The project will comprise two reactors of 700 MWe each. They are Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) that will use natural uranium as fuel and heavy …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will be inaugurating the nuclear power plant on January 13 at Gorakhpur village in Haryana, is likely to be greeted by resolute environmentalists opposing the project. Activists of the Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of anti-nuclear energy NGOs, are preparing for a massive protest at …
Gorakhpur nuclear plant inauguration on Jan 13 When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Gorakhpur of Fatehabad district to inaugurate Haryana’s first nuclear power station, he is likely to be greeted by determined environmentalists opposed to the plant. Activists of the Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of anti-nuclear energy NGOs, …
About an hour's drive from the industrial city of Hisar, a village with rich fertile land spread across hundreds of acres is awaiting a rebirth. Ask anyone in Gorakhpur about their future, most will reply with a hint of what is predestined: "parmanu yug (nuclear age) has come." Yet there …
NPCIL already awaits important clearances from Centre Even as the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) awaits some important clearances from the Centre prior to the formal launch of Haryana's first nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad, anti-nuclear power forces have also started mobilising against the project. Sources …
A nuclear power plant proposed to be set up in Haryana is one step short of getting the green clearance with a high-level panel of the environment ministry giving conditional nod. The decision to recommend green clearance to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) proposal for setting up …
A major hurdle in the way of setting up of a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad is over as the Environment Ministry has finally granted a conditional green clearance to the project. The formal launch of the project, however, may get delayed as Prime MInister Manmohan Singh would …
A key environmental panel has recommended clearance for the proposed Rs. 23,502-crore nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district of Haryana. Environment Minister Veerappa Moily, who took charge recently, will now have to take the final decision on whether to permit the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) to go …
Letter to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna (Formerly, Haryana Atomic Power Project (4X700 MWe) at Village Gorakhpur, District Fatehabad, Haryana by M/s Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) dated 27th December, 2013
