Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Countries with atomic power plants would be encouraged to host international safety review missions, under a draft U.N. action plan that may disappoint those who had hoped for strong measures to prevent a repeat of Japan's nuclear crisis. Seeking the middle ground between states advocating more binding global rules and …
Facing higher resistance to nuclear power after the Japanese disaster this year, French officials said Monday they would seek to promote stronger international policies on nuclear energy, despite opposition from some other countries who resist tougher supranational regulation. French Prime Minister François Fillon on Monday called for the creation of …
The level of radiation that four workers were exposed to at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station-2 or KAPS unit 2 in Gujarat is not significant enough to cause any harm to their health, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has said. On May 30, KAPS-2 was operating normal …
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said the new Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) guidelines on the enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology should not be construed as detracting from the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, and pressed New Delhi to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC)
Iran has claimed it is installing new high-tech uranium enrichment centrifuges to hasten progress in its nuclear programme, a move that France has condemned as a
Radioactive waste from Europe's 143 nuclear reactors must in future be buried in secure bunkers, ministers from EU member states agreed on Tuesday. The new rules force national nuclear authorities to draw up disposal plans by 2015, which will be vetted by Europe's energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger. "After years of …
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Monday said that despite the nuclear disaster in Japan following the recent tsunami, Bangladesh has not abandoned its proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant project with Russian assistance. Replying to a question at a regular press briefing yesterday afternoon, she said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will …
The government is looking forward to implementing a five - year plan to strengthen all sections in the country with nuclear power, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. The Atomic Energy Authority Act of 1969 has been replaced to facilitate this. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Council will address …
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Monday that Pakistan would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs, asserting that the country
p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } In the wake of the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan in March, several countries have announced plans to reject nuclear power. Japan will not build any more reactors. Germany plans to phase out its nuclear power plants, Switzerland …
The head of the UN nuclear agency urged a worldwide rethink of safety measures to prevent new nuclear disasters, declaring that in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe "business as usual is not an option.&" But Yukiya Amano, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, also acknowledged that improvements are …
U.N. Nuclear Report Shows Japan Safety Shortcomings Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co/Handout Workers in protective suits are seen at a cesium absorption tower at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's water processing facility Photo: Tokyo Electric Power Co/Handout Japanese nuclear regulators failed to review and approve …
Japan on Tuesday pledged to overhaul regulation of nuclear power, saying that lax standards and poor oversight had contributed to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. Japanese officials from embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan on down have been widely criticized for their handling of the nuclear disaster, triggered …
Despite 20 years of effort, greenhouse gas emissions are going up instead of down, hitting record highs as climate negotiators gather to debate a new global warming accord. The new report by the International Energy Agency showing high emissions from fossil fuels is one of several pieces of bad news …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has begun a fact-finding mission to unravel the causes of Japan's ongoing radiation crisis that was triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The IAEA said the mission, from Tuesday to June 2, would assess the
Iran has started the nuclear reaction at its Bushehr power plant, the Russian company that built the reactor said in a statement on Tuesday that indicated Iran is close to wrapping up work on the site that has dragged on for more than three decades. The German company Siemens abandoned …
Countries using nuclear energy must ensure their reactors are built to withstand multiple disasters after Japan's accident revealed gaps in safety standards, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. Stronger partnerships must also be forged with the atomic industry to boost safety, he said, noting that nuclear technology can also …
Japan, stung by international criticism of its handling of a nuclear crisis, will likely include foreign experts in a review of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, an aide to the prime minister said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Naoto Kan has promised an eventual review of the crisis, …
