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 …
Japan’s nuclear regulators on Monday presented a draft outline of new safety measures to prevent or minimise the consequences of severe accidents like Fukushima nuclear disaster. Among other features, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said utilities will be required to build a special safety facility housing a secondary control room for …
The National Fishermen Forum (NFF) on Sunday decided to observe Monday as the National Day of Protest against the commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. A resolution adopted at the general body of the forum said that the commissioning of the project would ruin the livelihood of hundreds of fishermen …
In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has decided to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm to replace the crippled nuke plant. The country plans to build a total of 143 wind turbines on platforms 16 kilometres off the coast of Fukushima by 2020, which is …
London: In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has decided to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm to replace the crippled nuke plant. The country plans to build a total of 143 wind turbines on platforms 16 kilometre off the coast of Fukushima by 2020, which …
PABNA: The country has got into a far advanced stage in its move to implement the much-awaited Rooppur nuclear power plant with a new deal signed with Russia recently, reports BSS. The plan for setting up the country's first ever nuclear power plant at Rooppur village in Ishwardi upazila of …
Authorities want systems to work “exactly textbook like” before plant is commissioned There was no major issue behind the delay in the commissioning of the 2000 MW nuclear power plant at Kudankulam, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission R.K. Sinha told a group of reporters here. Dr. Sinha said that …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said nuclear power was an essential component of India's energy mix and he will ensure that the safety and livelihoods of people are not jeopardised in its pursuit. "We will ensure that the safety and livelihoods of people are not jeopardised in our pursuit of …
Stating that the country was on the threshold of a new milestone in its quest for civil nuclear energy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that the first nuclear reactor with Russian collaboration at Kudankulam would start operating soon with the second reactor to follow later in the current year. …
Manmohan Singh presents lifetime achievement award to four DAE scientists Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday reiterated that while the Centre went ahead with its nuclear energy programme to meet the growing energy needs of the country, it would continue to ensure that nuclear power remained totally safe. “The Fukushima …
Electricity generated from clean energy resources in China rose 28.5 percent year-on-year in 2012 as the country moved to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels in its energy structure. China generated 1.07 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity from clean energy resources, accounting for 21.4 percent of the country's total electricity …
With India’s nuclear partners expressing dissatisfaction with the country's civil nuclear law, the government is considering raising the cost of reactors so as to cover the liabilities of the operators as well as the suppliers to keep its ambitious civil nuclear energy programme on the track. Shortly after India got …
SHILLONG: The Travelling International Uranium Film Festival India 2013 has chosen Shillong as one of the cities to showcase films on the different aspect of Uranium mining and Nuclear Energy in the world. This two-day event will be inaugurated tomorrow in the city. International Uranium Film Festival is a global …
To decide on ‘pinnacle protest’ against project commissioning The latest announcement from Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V. Narayanasamy on the possible commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in mid-January has compelled the protesters to convene a meeting of community leaders on January 13 at Idinthakarai to decide …
New Delhi: Iran made a pitch on Friday for the extension of its gas pipeline with Pakistan to India with its visiting chief of the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, saying that Tehran had the “best capacity” to provide security for the pipeline. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Jalili was …
Pranab says Nobel Prize in sciences long overdue for the country Debate over nuclear energy and genetically modified food has come to the fore again, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday saying such “complex” issues should be approached through a structured debate and analysis, than being driven by faith …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that for science and technology to progress, the need of the hour is inter-disciplinary research and synergy among stakeholders. Addressing the 100th Indian Science Congress here, Singh said nuclear energy is vital for the increasingly resource-intensive modern science and called for rational thinking …
The much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu’s Tinulveli district is finally set set to be commissioned within the next two weeks as nuclear scientists have entered the final lap of a series of tests on its safety and efficacy. "Within this month 100%. It will take about …
The police on Wednesday foiled protestors’ attempt to reach near the 9,900-Mw Jaitapur nuclear project site in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Nearly 2,000 activists, who had taken out a protest march against the project, were arrested and shifted to a makeshift jail at one of the schools in the area. …
The much-delayed Kudankulam project is set to be commissioned within the next two weeks as nuclear scientists have entered the final lap of a series of tests on its safety and efficacy. “Within this month 100 per cent. It will take about two weeks,” Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman of the …
The much-expected construction of Rooppur nuclear power plant would start by June this year, officials said on Wednesday. They said the construction work of the plant was scheduled to start by 2012. But the project implementation was delayed due to fund constraints. Bangladesh is going to implement the mega project …
