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Mumbai : The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) has picked pace with 61 per cent of the project affected persons (PAPs) accepting the additional land compensation package of Rs 22.5 lakh per hectare since March this year. According to Sandeep Singhroy, director, JNPP, of the total 2,336 khatedars or land …
The first unit (1000 MWe) of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), is now generating 370 MWe and electricity is being wheeled into the southern grid, according to R.S. Sundar, Site Director, Kudankulam-1 and 2. Two Russian reactors, each with a capacity of 1,000 MWe, had been built at the …
The average power generated Oct 26 was 165 MW For the second day in succession, the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Sunday generated 188 MW power and increased its average out put as compared to the previous day. The average power generated Oct 26 was 165 MW, …
Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd., the nation’s sole atomic energy producer, test-started part of a $2.84 billion reactor today after a delay of six years amid protests from local residents. The first unit of the Kudankulam plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu was operated for two hours …
It’s not just the US, France and Russia that have a problem with India’s nuclear liability law. The Indian nuclear industry has asked Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to ensure the law’s provisions do not apply to their supplies for nuclear reactors, marking the first clear domestic opposition to the …
Wants conservation reserve for blackbucks on NPCIL colony land Member of Parliament, environmentalist and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi wants the upcoming nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad to be scrapped. She also wants the 185-odd acres acquired by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its residential …
Essential exercise before entering into the final commercial contract Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Westinghouse Electric of the US have entered into an early contract to carry out a preliminary safety analysis for the proposed plant at Mithi Virdi in Gujarat. The study will focus on safety, …
Five years after India and the US signed a landmark civil nuclear deal, the two countries have clinched the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear power cooperation that was stalled over India’s nuclear liability law. President Barack Obama announced the agreement on Friday after his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan …
Concerns on high price remain Following clearance from the Atomic Energy Commission and the Cabinet Committee on Security on Tuesday night, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is all set to sign a ‘pre-early works agreement’ for six 1,000 MWe reactors with Westinghouse, official Indian sources said here on …
India and the US are pushing Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) to expedite commercial discussions for 30,000 MW of nuclear generation in the public sector in the next 20 years. According to sources, “The two sides are keen that both NPCIL and Westinghouse arrive …
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said the government will not sign any nuclear contract with the U.S. that was against national interest. Reacting to a report in The Hindu about the Attorney General’s recent opinion that Indian nuclear operators could waive their right of recourse against a foreign …
The government's effort to find an honourable way around the constraint of the nuclear liability law without actually violating it ran into rough weather on Thursday with the opposition accusing it of seeking to dilute the law for the sake of US and other foreign suppliers. The opposition seized upon …
877 hectares of land will be acquired for 6,000-MW project. In the run-up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the U.S., where a ‘pre-early works agreement’ is likely to be signed with American atomic major Westinghouse for a nuclear park at Mithivirdi, farmers of five villages in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar …
Mumbai : Anti-Jaitapur activists led by Pradeep Indulkar have now taken their protests global by launching a massive campaign in Germany, where they are organising 15 shows of his Yellow Oscar winning documentary film High Power on project affected people of the Tarapur nuclear power plant. While the short film …
New Delhi : Amid reports that the government is working on not applying the supplier’s liability clause on US companies, it has emerged that the Attorney General’s opinion — the root of this concern — was sought in the Kudankulam case, where the Russians had wanted certain clarifications, and not …
The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam has been operating its two units for about three decades without environmental clearance and hence the units cannot be allowed to run unless they fulfil mandatory requirements, a PIL has said. The first bench comprising acting Chief Justice RK Agrawal and Justice …
The Madras High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on a PIL seeking to direct the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station to get environmental clearance. The plea, referring to a recent Supreme Court judgement, said without due clearance from AEC, AERB, and NPCIL …
Key NGOs withdrew from anti Jaitapur agitation The Maharashtra government and the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) have received a much-needed respite after the main non-government organisation opposing the proposed 9,900-Mw nuclear project at Jaitapur, Janhit Seva Samiti, ended its agitation. Both the state and the NPC have reiterated they are …
Residents of Jaitapur have begun accepting compensation of Rs 22.5 lakh per acre that is being offered by Nuclear Power Corporation Limited (NPCL). The nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri district, spread over 9,000 acres and largest in the country, will generate 10,000MW when commissioned. Praveen Pardeshi, principal secretary (revenue and …
Animal right activists of the People for Animals and the All-India Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha (AIJRBS) today served an ultimatum on the district administration to initiate action against NPCIL officials and their contractors for “causing death of seven blackbucks” in the past six days and to take steps for declaring …
