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 …
Demanding the early commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, Congress cadres staged a demonstration in front of the Tirunelveli Railway Junction on Thursday. Led by former Union Minister R. Dhanushkodi Athithan, Tirunelveli MP S. S. Ramasubbu and president of Tirunelveli Parliamentary Constituency Youth Congress president T. S. Saravanakumar, the …
Founder president of Akhila India Samaththuva Makkal Katchi R. Sarathkumar has said his party cadres would take out an awareness rally from Coimbatore to Kudankulam within a couple of weeks to highlight the need for the early commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project “to bailout the power-starved Tamil Nadu”. Addressing …
China has built its first experimental fast neutron reactor which will help make better use of the nuclear energy. The reactor passed official checks on Wednesday after 20 years of developments by Chinese scientists, according to the China Institute of Atomic Energy. Experts organized by the Ministry of Science and …
Nuclear power has the potential to continue to play a significant role in the effort to limit future GHG emissions while meeting global energy needs. Nuclear power plants produce virtually no GHG emissions during their operation and only very small amounts on a life cycle basis. This report summarizes nuclear …
Commissioning of first unit of KNPP was scheduled for Dec last yr but has been delayed due to year-long protests Seeking to take their campaign against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to a global level, anti nuclear activists today sought support of the international community in their efforts to scrap the …
A 12-member team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan on Monday for carrying out an in-depth safety review of two units of the atomic power station in the town. This is the first operational safety review team (OSART) mission in the country …
Nearly 1,800 agitators, including party leaders, arrested and released later Hundreds of anti-nuclear activists, including many owing allegiance to different political parties, were arrested here on Monday after they attempted to march towards the Secretariat. The protesters alleged that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project posed a grave threat to the …
The struggle against the nuclear plant at Kudankulam came closer to the centre of power on Monday, with the anti-nuclear protesters, the numbers of whom was bolstered by political parties, staged a protest meeting in Chennai. The leaders of the outfits along with hundreds of cadre were arrested when they …
Commissioning of the second unit is expected to follow early next year The much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power project is expected to become operational shortly, Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission said today. "The work on the construction of the first of the two 1000 MW Light Water Reactors (LWRs) …
Having decided against a nuclear bomb, Shastri embarked on a quest for nuclear guarantees from the US and the Soviet Union. HAVING stemmed the tide of popular demand for going nuclear to meet the Chinese challenge and mollified his critics somewhat by agreeing to a quiet exploration of a peaceful …
The operator of Japan's quake-struck Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it could not rule out the possibility that it may still be leaking radiation into the sea. A massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered fuelrod meltdowns at the plant, causing radiation leakage, contamination of food and …
As the mood in Japan, Germany, Italy and even France hardens, China is restarting a £170bn reactor programme and India is looking to atomic power to shore up its creaking grid A nuclear fuel pellet the size of your little finger provides more energy than 800 kilograms of coal or …
The first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, which is just two steps away from reaching criticality, moved further ahead, with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board early this week giving its nod for closing the reactor pressure vessel, which has already been …
Academics, activists and students gathered at the Town Hall on Wednesday evening to express solidarity with residents of Kudankulam, who have been resisting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. Organised by the New Socialist Alternative, the demonstration saw participation from various anti-nuclear activist groups and organisations that have been campaigning for …
Sri Lanka and India were discussing a bi-lateral agreement on how to ensure safety in case of a nuclear accident, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka told Parliament yesterday. The Minister said that under the three international conventions on nuclear safety, signed by both India and Sri Lanka, there …
Chinese government says it hopes to generate 30% of energy from renewable sources and nuclear by 2015 China is ready to approve new nuclear power plants as part of ambitious plans to reduce reliance on oil and coal, ending a moratorium it imposed because of Japan's Fukushima disaster last year. …
Amid a raging debate on atomic energy, scientists are busy designing nuclear reactors that can be located in the heart of the city and construction on which may begin within the next five years. The much-delayed 300-MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), which has been on the design table for …
NEW DELHI, 24 OCT: Amid a raging debate on atomic energy, scientists are busy designing nuclear reactors that can be located in the heart of a city, construction of which may begin within the next five years. The much-delayed 300 MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), which has been on …
Impasse over nuclear liability provisions, other civil issues India and Russia have put off their high-level engagement planned for November 1 by almost two months in order to reach an agreement on some contentious military and civil issues. The announcement about the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian …
Police make elaborate security arrangements at Collectorate Representatives from various organisations and the villages, opposing the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, separately submitted petitions during the weekly grievance day meeting held here on Monday seeking the unconditional dropping of all cases filed against the anti-nuke activists and immediate release of anti-KKNPP …
