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 …
Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors in Germany demanded a swifter end to the use of nuclear power Sunday, organisers said, on the first anniversary of Japan’s reactor crisis. About 3,000 people formed a human chain around the nuclear power station in Brokdorf in northern Germany, and protests were also held at …
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Taiwan Sunday calling on the government to shut down the island’s nuclear power plants, citing the painful lesson of Japan’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake one year ago. In the capital city of Taipei, the crowd observed a one-minute silence to pay tribute to the …
Last year’s triple disaster—earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown—has shattered Japanese faith in many of the country’s institutions. ON MARCH 11th, the first anniversary of the day that turned her world upside down, 13-year-old Wakana Yokoyama will be performing a rice-planting dance for her fellow villagers. It will be a happy …
The crisis that unfolded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after Japan's megaquake and tsunami is rewriting the nuclear safety guide. There are some positives. Despite being shaken by an earthquake that exceeded the worst case assumed in their design, the reactors along Japan's Pacific coast suffered no serious damage …
The Indian government has cancelled a visa granted to Maya Kobayashi, a Fukushimat survivor due to visit India and share her experiences with communities who would be affected by the proposed nuclear power plants, including the Koodankulam Nuclear Project. She was visiting India on the invitation of Greenpeace. The Indian …
Cracking the whip against the NGOs stirring unrest against the operationalisation of the Kudankulam nuclear power plants, the CBI registered a regular case on Wednesday against Indo-German Export Promotion Foundation for violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act and searched their premises at Delhi and Gurgaon. The NGO had received …
CHENNAI: The Central expert group's report on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant issue has answered all questions raised by protestors and was satisfactory, a senior member of the Tamil Nadu government panel, appointed to look into concerns of the locals, said today. "We have reviewed all concerns raised by the …
Claims to contrary nonsensical: Nobel Peace laureate At a time when the debate over nuclear energy is on the boil in Tamil Nadu, German physicist and Nobel Peace laureate Hans-Peter Duerr is as clear on his anti-clear standpoint as his advocacy of solar and other alternative sources for energy security. …
Developing countries with an insatiable thirst for electricity are going full speed ahead with new reactors a year after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster disrupted the growth of nuclear power around the world. Innovations in nuclear design are tackling problems like the ones that contributed to the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in …
Six world powers have accepted an Iranian offer for talks on its disputed nuclear programme, the European Union’s top diplomat said on Tuesday, after a year’s standstill that has increased fears of a slide into a new West Asian war. The announcement by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton came …
Anti-nuclear activists today announced a ‘Kudankulam Chalo' rally on March 15, urging the Government to “stop harassing” those protesting construction of the proposed nuclear plant there. The activists said construction should be halted till people's fears on the nuclear plant in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu are allayed through dialogue. “A …
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday his organisation could not be sure that Iran's nuclear programme did not have military aims. "The agency is unable to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran and therefore to …
Heads of states and leaders from 57 nations, including India, will attend the Nuclear Security Summit on March 26-27 to discuss a host of measures to prevent nuclear fissile material falling into rogue hands, but the Fukushima disaster in Japan last March seems to have shifted spotlight on the safety …
Several members of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s hand-picked National Advisory Council (NAC) have asked the government to stop harassing the anti-nuclear activists in Koodankulam. These include economist A.K. Sivakumar, activists Aruna Roy and Harsh Munder. They are amongst a group of over 50 intellectuals, including historian Romilla Thapar, writer Arundhati …
PUDUCHERRY: The first reactor of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant will be made operational within 15 days of Tamil Nadu government conveying its decision (on the operation of plant) to the Centre, said Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. V Narayanasamy on Monday. Hoping that …
Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has called a Cabinet meeting on Monday reportedly to discuss the report submitted by the expert panel that went into safety aspects of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project. There is wide expectation CM may give a go-ahead to the plant. The expert committee has given …
The impasse over the Koodankulam nuclear power project is costing the country dear. With the near-complete project being blocked by activists and protestors, latest estimates show an escalation of Rs 2,653 crore in the cost of completion. Amid continuing protests at the site, the commercial operation date of the first …
Transparency is essential in holy grails like nuke energy and agri research. The resignation of Roddam Narasimha from the Space Commission is a matter of concern and the prime minister has done well not to accept it. It is of some importance to mend that fissure as soon as possible. …
Pray for early closure of Kudankulam power project Around 300 anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protestors took out a procession with milk pots from Kudankulam to Sri Vishwamithra Temple at Vijayapathi and offered special puja on Sunday with the only prayer of permanent closure of the nuclear plant. Led by anti-KKNPP …
