Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
there have been renewed demands in Japan for the recall of a shipment of plutonium from the uk following a damning report by the British Nuclear Fuels ( bnfl ). Japan's ministry of international trade and industry and the Kansai Electric Power Company have demanded that Britain take back nuclear …
Plutonium is one of the most lethal substances known to us. Unfortunately, huge quantities of this radioactive element are produced in certain types of nuclear reactors and has to be stored in safe places. Because of its low solubility in water, it was presumed that it would pose no danger …
the countdown for Cassini's launch had more than its share of the drama. For the first time in the history of space exploration, people protested against the launch of a spacecraft. Most of them were convinced that using plutonium to fuel the rockets attached to the probe was risky. Cassini …
Although most falling debris is burnt up when it re-enters the atmosphere, there have been costly and potentially dangerous exceptions. On January 24, 1978, a nuclear-powered satellite launched by the erstwhile Soviet Union, Cosmos 954, crashed over northwestern Canada, spilling radioactive debris. The Canadian government presented the USSR with a …
during all of the cruise, the project scientists have been busy planning what they will investigate when the probe gets near Saturn. Their plans go into action about six months before the spacecraft's arrival at Saturn. And 19 days before arrival, a flyby past Saturn's most distant satellite, Phoebe, is …
IT is now clear that concern for environment is last on the agenda of the Hyderabad-based Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC). Brushing aside the advice of three successive expert committees, NFC has carried on with its expansion plans. A committee of experts presented an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on NFC's …
UKRAINE, in a bid to develop its own nuclear fuel industry, is going all out to attract foreign investment worth about US $1 billion for a 15-year project. At present, the former Soviet republic has to depend solely on fuel imports from Russia. However, the government's plans to close down …
THE THORP nuclear reprocessing plant at Sellafield in Cumbria county continues to haunt British environment secretary John Gummer. About a year after the controversial
