Nuclear Power

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …

Industry ministry eyes 20% to 22% of electricity from nuclear by 2030

The industry ministry is looking to set the target for the ratio of nuclear power generation to Japan’s total electricity production in 2030 between 20 percent to 22 percent, compared with 28.6 percent in fiscal 2010 before the Fukushima nuclear crisis, sources close to the matter said Thursday. Yoichi Miyazawa, …

Russia and Argentina agree framework energy deals

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner exchange documents during signing ceremony at the Kremlin. 23 April 2015 Argentina is looking to Russia to help reverse a costly energy deficit Russia and Argentina have signed a series of framework agreements on economic and energy co-operation following …

Japan court approves restart of reactors in boost for Abe's nuclear policy

A Japanese court has rejected a legal bid to block the reopening of the Sendai nuclear power station on safety grounds, removing one of the last big hurdles to switching reactors back on after the 2011 Fukushima crisis paralyzed the industry. Wednesday's ruling by the Kagoshima District Court is a …

Gujarat & Rajasthan to house four indigenous N-reactors

Gujarat and Rajasthan will house four indigenous nuclear power reactors that are expected to be completed by 2019. “At present, four indigenous nuclear power reactors, at Kakrapar, Gujarat and Rawatbhata, Rajasthan are under construction and are expected to be completed by 2019,” said Union Minister of State, Dr Jitendra Singh …

Japan court rejects request to halt restart of Kyushu Electric's Sendai reactors

A Japanese court rejected a lawsuit to halt the restart of Kyushu Electric Power's Sendai nuclear station, plaintiffs said on Wednesday, brushing aside the concerns of local residents worried about the safety of the plant. The decision by the Kagoshima District Court clears another hurdle for the Sendai station to …

Japan nuclear watchdog hits out at reactor injunction

Japan’s nuclear watchdog chief said Wednesday a landmark court injunction banning the restart of two reactors was based on a judicial “misunderstanding” of basic facts. “Although I haven’t studied it in detail, many things that are based on misunderstandings are written in the verdict,” Shunichi Tanaka told reporters, asked about …

India-Canada uranium supply deal to boost nuclear power generation

Accord will help plants run at higher plant load factor Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a crowd during Indian Diaspora Event, at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, 16 April 2015 Picture by PTI India’s move to enter into a commercial contract with Canada for the supply of 3,000 …

India to get uranium from Canada for five years

Canada today agreed to supply 3,000 metric tonnes of uranium to energy-hungry India from this year under a $254 million five-year deal to power reactors as the two countries decided to set in motion a new strategic partnership. The agreement for uranium supply, which came two years after protracted negotiations …

Centre keen to build N-plant in Jadugoda

The Centre is exploring opportunities to set up a nuclear power plant in the uranium-rich Jadugoda in East Singhbhum. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown interest in the proposal put forward by the Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran Mahato. "The PM (through a letter addressed to the local MP) said the …

India, Canada sign 5-year deal for uranium supplies

India and Canada on Wednesday completed the final formality to enable uranium sales to India by signing a commercial agreement after a bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Stephen Harper in Ottawa. Under the $280 million agreement with Canadian producer Cameco, India will purchase more than 3,000 …

Canada, India Sign Uranium-Supply Deal Involving Cameco

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Mr. Harper returns a sculpture of a woman known as “parrot lady” at the Parliamentary Library on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. ASSOCIATED PRESS Canada and India signed a uranium-supply agreement on Wednesday that …

China Approves First Locally Designed Nuclear Reactor to Spur Economy

BEIJING—China’s top government body approved construction of the nation’s first domestically designed nuclear reactor as Beijing looks to ramp up infrastructure spending to combat slowing economic growth. The State Council issued a statement after its weekly meeting that it had approved the first demonstration unit of China’s Hualong-1 nuclear reactor. …

Jaitapur N-project makes headway

New India-France Agreement To Conform To `Make In India' Campaign After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to France, the controversial and trouble-ridden Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district moved a step forward.The Nuclear Power Corporation and a French firm, Areva, signed what is known as a pre-engineering …

Germany Proves Life With Less Fossil Fuel Getting Easier

Sitting in a control center that helps ensure uninterrupted power for 82 million Germans, Gunter Scheibner is proving that renewable energy from the sun and wind can be just as reliable as fossil fuels. Scheibner, in charge of keeping flows stable over 6,200 miles (9,976 kilometers) of transmission lines in …

Reactor closures to test Abe’s green energy pledges

Japan’s plan to mothball at least five aging nuclear reactors highlights the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces as his administration debates how to replace lost electricity generation with power sources that are cheap, clean and safe. The decision announced by the reactors’ operators last month to decommission the plants, …

Nuclear regulator says it is very close to ending review of 2 reactors

Japan’s nuclear regulator is “very close” to finishing its review of two reactors in southern Japan that are slated to be the first to restart under new rules introduced since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, one of its commissioners told Reuters. Restarting the first reactors will end the country’s longest period …

Japan reportedly targets about 20% emissions cuts by 2030

Japan is considering reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by around 20% by 2030 as its contribution to a global summit on climate change in Paris later in the year, Japanese media reported on Thursday. The target is lower than that outlined by the United States, which says it will cut …

Japan weighs greenhouse gas-cutting target of 20% minimum by 2030

Japan may set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, as part of efforts to strike a new global deal to combat climate change later this year. The target, still a source of conflict within the Abe administration, is being …

We will lead climate change fight’

Asserting that India cannot be forced to follow the parameters laid down by the developed world on climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the country should lead the world in the fight against this challenge. “It cannot be that the world will lay down the parameters for …

Ahead of Paris talks, PM demands access to N-fuel

Setting the tone for India's stand on climate change ahead of multiple rounds of negotiations in the run-up to final Paris talks, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said the developed world should allow India to import nuclear fuel to produce clean energy instead of `lecturing' the country on low-carbon growth …

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