WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
The Civil Nuclear Liability Bill, 2010 that got approved in Lok Sabha on Aug 25, 2010 after government dropped the controversial provision on "intent" as a precondition for holding suppliers liable for a nuclear accident caused by defective equipment. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 aims to provide …
Uranium from ores mined at the three mines - Jaduguda, Bhatin and Narwapahar (Jharkhand) - is processed in the mill and the waste emerges as tailings. The recorded radioactivity level in these tailings is very low, but to avoid any long-term effect of these tailings on the atmosphere, humans, cattle …
MUMBAI: Mobile service providers will have to submit an annual report of the electro magnetic radiations (EMR) level generated from mobile towers near schools and hospital zones. The state government and the department of telecommunication (DoT) will audit the report, according to the recommendations of the committee constituted to look …
A Gopalakrishnan Parliament must recognise that the nuclear reactor installed in INS Arihant represents a high potential risk for causing a major nuclear accident If INS Arihant
Neena VyasNEW DELHI: There were strong indications on Monday that the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party were close to arriving at consensus on the proposed nuclear civil liability Bill.The government is
Moscow: As if things in Russia were not looking sufficiently apocalyptic already, with 100-degree temperatures and noxious fumes rolling in from burning peat bogs and forests, there is growing alarm here that fires in regions coated with fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 24 years ago could now be emitting …
Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), the Interagency Task Force on Radiation Source Protection and Security (Task Force) has made important progress since its 2006 report to the President and Congress to improve the security of domestic radioactive sources given the enduring threat of terrorists seeking radioactive …
Meeting held on applications of radiation on marine productsTuticorin: Tuticorin is making big strides with hectic industrial activities and pioneering in power plant projects. The district has become the preferred destination for food processing industries thanks to the logistic support of Tuticorin Port in export and import.Tuticorin has also gained …
Sandeep JoshiNEW DELHI: The Union government finally seems to have woken up to the health hazards related to radiation from mobile towers and handsets. The Ministry of Communications and IT is considering a high-level study to find out the level of electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation from towers and handsets in …
This supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) has been prepared in response to an application submitted by Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. (DEK) to renew the operating license for Kewaunee Power Station (KPS) for an additional 20 years.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Union Government to inform it of what mechanism it had put in place to screen radioactive material, if any, brought into the country along with scrap imported from foreign countries. A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Dipak Misra …
Experts say Govt underplaying dangers of an accident. Nuclear power is expensive and perilous and India does not need it, said Dr Surendra Gadekar, nuclear scientist. The Union Government should give up plans to set up 15 nuclear power plants, including one at Kovvada in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, …
To prevent recurrence of any Mayapuri-type radiation leak, the Delhi Government will soon procure sophisticated equipment to scan vulnerable areas where such exposure may take place. Delhi
Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand: While scientists across the globe are still debating whether usage of cell phones results in heart diseases, a new study carried out by scientists at Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT) has revealed that mobile phones also affect eyes. The scientists, who have studied …
British scientists who conducted the largest study yet into cellphone masts and childhood cancers say that living close to a mast does not increase the risk of a pregnant woman
Seoul, June 21: Abnormal radiation was detected near the inter-Korean border days after North Korea claimed last month to have achieved a nuclear technology breakthrough, South Korea
