The Government of Andhra Pradesh on March 11, 2024, issued the Andhra Pradesh Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Policy 2023-2028 to encourage and promote the large-scale deployment of energy conservation and efficiency measures in the State. This policy ensures efficient energy usage directly catering to the local and national economy …
Move triggered by earthquake of 8.9 magnitude that has been felt in Indonesia The state-run Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) would soon shut down the two units each of 220 MW at the Kalpakaam nuclear project. The step has been taken as a precautionary measure in the wake of a tsunami …
With the Tamil Nadu government announcing a special Rs 500 crore package to be used to spruce infrastructure facilities in the villages around the nuclear power plant in Koodankulam, the panchayat presidents of villages around Kalpakkam — where a nuclear power station and related facilities are located — have raised …
As Greenpeace completes 10 years in India, it chalks up its successes and faces some flak. Kunal Majumder looks at both sides of the story WHEN GREENPEACE India listed 33 successful campaigns to celebrate its first decade in the country, the Copenhagen meet on climate change held two years ago …
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. …
Even as the group protesting Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) upped the ante, the department of atomic energy (DAE) announced Tuesday it would add two more reactors to Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant in an effort to bridge the energy demand-supply gap. The 500 MW fast-breeder reactors would have additional safety systems …
In a first initiative of its kind, India has begun scouting for deep underground sites to store for several decades the nuclear waste generated from its burgeoning atomic power programme. As a first step, the Department of Atomic Energy will set up an underground laboratory in one of its uranium …
In a clear departure from the existing practice of keeping nuclear waste in borosilicate glass containers, the department of atomic energy wants to bury it underground. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee is pushing for setting up an underground laboratory in an existing uranium mine to study the qualities of …
A comment on “The Limits of Safety Analysis: Severe Nuclear Accident Possibilities at the PFBR” by Ashwin Kumar and M V Ramana (EPW, 22 October 2011), followed by a response by the authors themselves.
A comment on “The Limits of Safety Analysis: Severe Nuclear Accident Possibilities at the PFBR” by Ashwin Kumar and M V Ramana (EPW, 22 October 2011), followed by a response by the authors themselves.
Kudankulam seems to be rocking India’s ambitious nuclear power programme. A crisis-like atmosphere prevails due to the stoppage of pre-commissioning fuel loading in Kudankulam’s 1000 MW capacity first reactor. Why? Because of the post-Fukushima apprehensions, no doubt, but equally because of lack of adequate comprehension of the nuclear issue, further …
PMK leader S. Ramadoss, who has been running a campaign against nuclear power plants, on Tuesday wanted the closure of the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station by 2020, saying the plant was posing health hazards to the people in Kancheepuram and Chennai districts. Talking to reporters, Dr Ramadoss said the Kudankulam …
The anti-Koodankulam nuclear power project (KKNPP) struggle of the people’s movement against nuclear energy (PMANE) has set off a chain reaction, boosting the other anti-nuke movements in the country. Launched three months ago, the anti-KKNPP struggle, coordinated by PMANE, however, is not a sudden upsurge against the 2x1000 MW reactors …
Continuous dose rate recorded by the network of environmental monitoring stations at Kalpakkam is analysed for estimating the site dose profile with respect to the local climatology. The gamma dose rate recorded comprises of the natural background as well as the dose due to the designed release of Ar-41 gaseous …
A top official of Madras Atomic Power Station on Sunday sought to allay fears of people on the safety of nuclear power plants, particularly at Koodankulam, saying there was no need to panic as all protective norms have been followed. “There is no need to panic as all safety norms …
CHENNAI: The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) will conduct workshops on the safety of nuclear reactors, its Director K Ramamurthy said on Sunday, to help the common man appreciate the high standards of safety measures in place and dispel doubts. Speaking to reporters here on the sidelines of a seminar …
Nuclear safety has emerged as a key issue following the tsunami disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex in Japan. Scientists are calling on the nuclear establishment to adopt natural measures to protect nuclear installations against tsunamis. Leading scientist M.S. Swaminathan has asked the DAE and the ministry of environment and …
NEW DELHI, 24 AUG: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today assured the Lok Sabha that nuclear facilities in the country were “world-class” and all efforts were being made to maintain the best safety standards for both on-shore and off-shore nuclear power plants. “Safety concerns are paramount...You have my assurance that …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Tuesday said its consortium with Alstom had won a Rs.1,600-crore contract for steam turbine generators for the Kakrapar nuclear power station in Gujarat from Nuclear Power Corporation of India.
As part of the exercise undertaken by the government to ensure world class nuclear safety standards in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the four groups constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will quantify to what level India can handle a major crisis beyond the design capacity of nuclear …
In the context of the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan, it would be necessary to revisit our nuclear power policy. In 1996, I was member-incharge of energy in the Planning Commission. I have a clear memory of what I had said in meetings and the notings of that period. The …
