Reply filed by the Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Odisha and Member Secretary, Odisha Coastal Zone Management Authority, May 1, 2025. NGT, had registered suo motu in response to the news item in the Hindu, May 4, 2024 titled "Swell waves likely to strike coastal areas …
While exhibits from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) have been a regular at IIT Bombay’s Techfest, for the first time at this year’s festival, NPCIL addressed the students to dispel myths and fears about nuclear energy. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster last year, NPCIL had …
For Tamil Nadu, a State hitherto unknown for compulsive protestors and impulsive agitations, the year that saw ‘the protestor’ bringing about sweeping political changes in many parts of the world was different. For, two major agitations by common people, who came out into the streets spontaneously, continued to defy resolution …
Mumbai The state-owned General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) — the sole official reinsurer— has mobilised support of almost $78 million from local general insurers for the proposed nuclear pool, which will provide cover to the existing as well as new nuclear plants in the country. Considering that the …
The agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear project in Tamil Nadu could soon settle down as most of the safety issues raised by the agitators have been addressed by the expert committee, said Dr Srikumar Banerjee, Secretary to the Department of Atomic Energy. He was talking on the sidelines of a …
In the backdrop of protests on Kundankuam nuclear power plant, a top Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) official is delivering a public lecture on ‘nuclear literacy' at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute campus in Karaikudi on November 29. This programme is a part of the free science mela being organised …
To bail out power-starved Tamil Nadu: NELSTIA The Tirunelveli District Small and Tiny Industries Association (NELSTIA) has urged the State and Central Governments to take immediate steps for the early commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project with adequate safety measures to bailout power-starved Tamil Nadu where the manufacturing units …
Bench says it's not averse to idea of setting up independent regulatory body The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it would not go into the safety aspects of all nuclear plants in the country and all such concerns could be addressed to respective High Courts. A Bench of Chief …
Russian atomic power plant supplier Atomstroyexport will not be governed by India's civil nuclear liability law for the two 1000 MW reactors installed at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a senior official of India's nuclear establishment said here on Monday. "The agreement with Russia was signed in 1988 when …
Lending his support to the efforts to clear apprehensions on safety of the upcoming nuclear reactors at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu, former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said he was fully convinced that there was absolutely no reason for worry. Talking to reporters in Chennai after visiting the plant, Kalam …
Personnel unable to enter plant: AEC chairman Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu has “halted” because the plant personnel are “unable to go inside” and this situation has arisen “when we need several thousands of people to work inside during the last phase of work” …
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 …
A top official of Madras Atomic Power Station on Sunday sought to allay fears of people on the safety of nuclear power plants, particularly at Koodankulam, saying there was no need to panic as all protective norms have been followed. “There is no need to panic as all safety norms …
Following a direction by the Prime Minister, the Department of Atomic Energy on Wednesday constituted a 15-member group of independent experts to answer questions of protesters at the Koodankulam nuclear power project site in Tamil Nadu. The 15-member group, that includes experts from outside DAE, has been asked to talk …
As protestors stepped up anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant agitation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cautioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that the state’s development plans would be hit in absence of power from it. The Prime Minister also said that he looked forward to Ms. Jayalalithaa’s continuing support for the …
New Delhi: Indian engineers will fabricate the world’s largest high-vacuum cold storage vessel for an ambitious international project to generate energy from a process that powers the sun. The vessel called the cryostat will be home to the international thermornuclear experimental reactor, the largest and the most advanced facility of …
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 …
Even as the Indo-US nuclear deal completes three years on October 8, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has emphasised that India should have the right to reprocess imported spent fuel. The DAE said the deal should in no way affect India’s indigenous nuclear programme. The remarks were made by …
The government is expected to notify the much-awaited rules on nuclear liability before the winter session of Parliament — once the ongoing inter-ministerial consultations over the matter are over, a top official said on Thursday. Subsequently, these rules, which are necessary to be notified following the enactment of Nuclear Liability …
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 …
But officials play it down, saying the incident is not so disastrous as the one at Fukushima The explosion at a nuclear reprocessing plant in southern France on Monday, which killed one person and injured three, has come at an inopportune time for India. For, it is about to begin …
