Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
DU’s Radiation Fiasco Prompts Govt To Plan Mobile Detection Systems. Fear of exposure to radiation from scrap or medical waste may soon be a thing of the past. The central government will set up mobile radiation detection systems in 35 major cities across the country. “We shall be setting up …
Inspection in the wake of recent tremors in the region Allaying the apprehensions of the people of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the two technical experts of the Supreme Court appointed-Empowered Committee (EC) on Tuesday informed the Committee that the recent tremors in that region did not have any impact on …
The residential-cum-commercial complex coming up near the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) refinery at Chembur is now the subject of much ping-ponging between the state and the courts. A petition had been filed by HPCL challenging the upcoming construction. It cited security threats to the refinery, and also potential health hazards …
The five-member Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, at its meeting here on Monday, will examine the reports it has received from various agencies it constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala. In December last, the committee conducted a …
Supported by the Opposition Shiv Sena, residents of a few villages of southwestern Maharashtra today stepped up their strong opposition to the proposed 9,900-Mw plant in their area of Jaitapur. As former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar shared the dais with its current chairman Srikumar Banerjee for the first …
Amid increasing concerns over the safety of nuclear plants in the country in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a five-member US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) team, led by its Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko, will visit India from November 14-18 to meet Indian officials to exchange information and share experience …
It is not a car factory where you can switch off the systems: NPCIL chairman The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) ran the risk of being seriously damaged with blockades creating a major impediment in ensuring that the plant systems functioned at a minimal level, scientists warned on Friday. “In …
Foreign activists are playing a major role in the protests against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, which was scheduled to go critical in the next two months, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) chief S K Jain said on Friday. The project, comprising two units of advanced …
The Centre on Thursday set up a 15-member experts group for interaction with the local people in and around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant project as part of an exercise to allay their apprehensions about the project. The panel consists of experts from a range of disciplines, including radiation safety, …
‘Will Act As Deterrent To Acts Of Terror’ New Delhi: Fifty cities across the country will soon have Mobile Radiation Detection Systems(MRDS) as partof the preparedness to handle radiological emergencies like the onethathittheMayapuri area in the Capital where one person died last year. The Union home ministry recently sanctioned setting …
A DC-based think tank has used evidence of construction activity visible on freely available Google Earth satellite images to argue that India's uranium enrichment programme is being expanded. Releasing satellite imagery of the Rare Materials Plant (RMP) near Mysore on Wednesday, the Institute for Science and International Security said an …
The National Green Tribunal in its hearing on the issue of 3 x 660 MW expansion of coal-based thermal power plant at Koradi, Nagpur District, Maharashtra in its final order on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to look into the matter as to long-term impacts caused …
First reprocessing unit to be set at Tarapur in Maharashtra The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has designed and developed the first of its kind advanced automation system for transferring spent fuel bundles of pressurised heavy water reactors for nuclear reprocessing plants. "Introduction of this automation system for reprocessing plant is …
Expressing concern over the presence of uranium in drinking water in Punjab, a Parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to take remedial measures "without any loss of time" after it received a BARC report on the matter. The Standing Committee on Rural Development, chaired by Sumitra Mahajan, also asked the …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted on Wednesday that there would be no compromise on the safety of nuclear installations and officials had been instructed to ensure that such units had world-class safety facilities. Dr. Singh, however, said: “ ... because there is a nuclear threat we must put a stop …
THE recent accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has left governments across the world worried over the safety of nuclear energy and its waste. As radioactive materials contaminated water, soil and air, technology to clean up the waste came to the forefront. Traditionally, naturally occurring substances such as …
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has set up a 'virtual' nuclear data physics centre to enable greater visibility of India's research in this area at the global platform. Department of atomic energy and Board of Research in Nuclear Science of the government of India have already sanctioned funds for three years …
Criticising the staunch opposition to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today said that development activities cannot be stopped in fear of natural calamities. "One has to see how to overcome natural calamities. It is wrong to stop forces of development. We have not stopped …
New Delhi: The Sheila Dikshit government will have none of the protests and Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh's green concerns and stands firm on commissioning the waste-to-energy projects in Timarpur-Okhla and Ghazipur. The residents and ragpickers were up in arms against the projects, while the Union minister had requested the …
