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 …
Even as the main focus of US President Barack Obama’s India visit will be primarily on nuclear and defence deals sources said that there will be at least four more key issues that will dominate his agenda. Top government sources told this newspaper that these issues will be clean and …
The BJP in Haryana as well as its Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar seem to have shifted their stand on the upcoming nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad after the party came to power in the state. The BJP, including Khattar, were against the project and had even supported …
In a bid to clear the decks for the supply of imported fuel for its nuclear power plants, India is set to complete the process of placing its civilian reactors under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards in the next few days. Government sources said that last lot of the two …
Notwithstanding the opposition of its junior partner Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said the 9,900-Mw nuclear power project at Jaitapur in the coastal Ratnagiri district will go ahead as planned. It said the project will be developed by the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) and that …
The Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) provides a tool for decision-makers to holistically benchmark nations’ energy systems. The EAPI aims to support governments and other stakeholders along the energy value chain in identifying the relative performance of elements of their energy systems, in order for best practices to be diffused …
COAL kills, especially in China. Up to half a million people die prematurely each year as a result of the country’s infamously foul air. Coal, from which China gets roughly four-fifths of its electricity, is the main contributor to that deadly pollution. And since the country’s power-generation may need to …
NPCIL allowed to feed infirm power into grid till January 22. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) Unit 1 is expected to go commercial by January 22. Because of the problems in the turbine, the commercial run could not be started by October 22, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first reactors, small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be ready for use in a decade. Tom McGuire, who heads the project, said …
Board chief for more interactions with public to allay fears The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has set December 2015 as the deadline for implementing long-term additional safety measures in nuclear installations, said its Chairman S.S. Bajaj. Talking to reporters after inaugurating the 31st Safety and Occupational Health Professionals Meet …
As Japan pitches an unpopular nuclear restart to residents near Kyushu Electric Power Co's Sendai plant, local politicians say approval is unlikely until December, delaying an already fraught process to revive the country's idled reactors. More than three years after the nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima, the worst disaster since Chernobyl, …
Pretoria - South Africa and France have signed an Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation, the Energy Department announced on Tuesday. "This agreement initiates the preparatory phase for the possible deployment of French nuclear technology in South Africa," said the department. The agreement builds on the more than 40 years …
Kakodkar says he warned the UPA govt about the negative implications of the nuclear liability law but was overruled Former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar, one of the key negotiators for the Indo-US nuclear deal that has failed to translate into a single dollar of investment or generation of …
TAIPEI – Taiwan on Tuesday unveiled plans to process nuclear waste abroad for the first time as its power plants approach capacity — but environment groups slammed the proposal as “too risky.” The government is under growing public pressure over its unpopular nuclear policy, as concerns over the safety of …
Onshore wind is cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear energy when the costs of “external” factors like air quality, human toxicity and climate change are taken into account, according to an unpublished EU analysis. The report says that for every megawatt hour (MW/h) of electricity generated, onshore wind costs roughly …
Energy supplier joins growing number of firms and organisations seeking to block planned subsidy scheme for new nuclear plant Independent energy supplier Ecotricity is among companies and organisations considering a legal challenge against the European commission decision to give approval to Hinkley Point C nuclear plant. Austria has already promised …
Germany dismissed on Sunday a report suggesting it planned to exit coal-fired power generation in order to protect the climate, saying this would impose too great a burden on industry as the country is also phasing out nuclear energy. Der Spiegel weekly said Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel was …
Among the usual commercials for beer, noodles and cars on South Korean TV, one item stands in marked contrast. A short film by a government advisory body carries a stark message: the nation faces a crisis over storing its spent nuclear fuel after running reactors for decades. The world's fifth-largest …
As part of a plan to restart its nuclear industry, the government last Thursday began a controversial consultation process with local residents near idled reactors that was criticized for failing to give everyone in the region a say. More than a year after Japan’s last reactor was shut down in …
With both the INLD and the HJC promising to abandon or shift the controversial Gorakhpur nuclear plant if voted to power, detractors of the project are now looking for a commitment on the issue. Residents of villages around the proposed site will meet Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is coming …
The state wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi revert the decision of environmental clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra on the same grounds that he reverted the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for the Mithivirdi nuclear power project …
