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 …
Says agitation can delay commissioning of Koodankulam project Russia today said the ongoing agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu was unfortunate. It expressed the apprehension that the stir might delay commissioning of the first 1,000-MW reactor at the site. ‘‘The Indo-Russian task force …
NEW DELHI: The government is looking at allotting another site for nuclear reactor to Russia in place of Haripur in West Bengal, a location marred by controversy. Confirming that the Russians have officially sought another site, government sources indicated a new site could be allotted soon. The Mamta Banerjee-led government …
A Bill to establish an Authority and such other regulatory bodies for regulation of radiation safety or nuclear safety and achieving highest standards of such safety based on scientific approach, operating experience and best practices followed by nuclear industry and to ensure that the use of radiation and atomic energy …
Campaigners to join hands, rally at N-plant sites Even before the nuclear industry gets its act together to build new plants, activists opposing India’s atomic energy programme have joined hands for co-ordinated protests at various sites where nuclear projects are planned. An organised agitation is expected to mount pressure on …
The government has decided to empower the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) — which is being formed to regulate safety from nuclear radiation — with wide-ranging powers to conduct investigations, inspect, search and seize documents and objects from the sources of such radiation. The NSRA Bill 2011 — a copy …
The government on Tuesday approved Nuclear Energy Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011, which aims to establish Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (AERA) as a statutory body answerable directly to the Parliament. Sources informed that a decision to clear the bill was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, which was …
Nuclear safety has emerged as a key issue following the tsunami disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex in Japan. Scientists are calling on the nuclear establishment to adopt natural measures to protect nuclear installations against tsunamis. Leading scientist M.S. Swaminathan has asked the DAE and the ministry of environment and …
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 Central government is likely to table the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill in the current session of Parliament, which will set up the Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (AERA) as a statutory body that will likely report to Parliament. This was stated by energy secretary and Department of Atomic Energy …
The big increase in uranium reserves estimated in Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh has given a boost to prospecting efforts for new finds. The Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) has now initiated the process of drilling in the Mahaboobnagar and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. As a step in this direction, the …
India and the Republic of Korea signed an agreement on Monday for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy. The deal will help Seoul in getting access to India’s civil nuclear infrastructure, according to local media reports. The civil nuclear deal was signed after a 20-minute restricted meeting between President …
The country's ambitious nuclear programme may grind to a halt because of uncertainty over how the liability for an accident would be apportioned among equipment suppliers and vendors under the provisions of the nuclear liability law, top companies said. Equipment makers, including Bharat Heavy Electricals and France
The Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, and Atomic Energy Commission Chairman, Srikumar Banerjee, on Friday denied suggestions that the design of the nuclear power reactors proposed to be installed at Jaitapur was untested. In an interactive session at the National Physical Laboratory here, he contended that the reactors were based …
A group of over 25 scientists, bureaucrats and activists released a statement on April 19, demanding transparency in India’s nuclear power programme. The statement was released a day after a clash between policemen and those protesting the proposed nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. One person was killed and …
The nuclear power plant project at Jaitapur may have cleared the ground but has run into a hurdle with the finance ministry refusing to provide a blanket guarantee to the project funding. The Budget division of the ministry has informed Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) that the government would not …
Say experts on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters and the effect they have had on vast numbers should be enough to sound a note of caution against use of nuclear energy in India, said members of a coalition for nuclear disarmament on …
Temperature rise in the sea waters near Jaitapur can be a maximum of 4.5 degree Celsius in the worst summer scenario due to radiation, said Srikumar Banerjee, secretary, department of atomic energy. Quoting studies conducted by various agencies on the impact on thermal ecology due to temperature rise, Banerjee said …
You really have to hand it to the nuclear industry. In any other sphere of the economy, a major industrial disaster is likely to have adverse, long-term financial consequences for the company or companies whose product or activity was involved in the accident, regardless of actual cause or legal liability. …
