WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
This report on impacts of communication towers on wildlife including birds and bees submitted to MoEF warns of harmful radiation and recommends special laws to protect urban flora & fauna from threats radiation emerging from mobile towers. The transmission towers are based on the electromagnetic waves, which over prolonged usage …
Government officials failed to distribute to thousands of people pills that could have minimized radiation risks from the March nuclear accident, government documents show. The disclosure is the latest evidence of government neglect of emergency procedures in the chaotic days after the disaster, in which an earthquake and tsunami damaged …
A recent order of the National Green Tribunal could impact the clearances being granted to coal-fired thermal power plants. The tribunal has asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to make a detailed assessment of the supposed radiation caused by the thermal power plants in the country. Last …
A landmark UK study using a new cancer drug that targets tumours directly has raised hopes in the medical fraternity. The high alpha radiation drugs help patients suffering from prostate cancer live longer, with lesser pain and side-effects. So effective was the treatment in Dr Chris Parker’s study that it …
Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday The ministry said radioactive cesium of 500 becquerels per …
In a rare case, and probably for the first time in the state, a municipal corporation admitted that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, especially among pregnant women and children. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), on July 5, had issued a demolition notice to Viom Networks Limited asking it …
The U.N. nuclear agency endorsed an action plan on Thursday to help strengthen global nuclear safety in the wake of Japan's Fukushima accident six months ago, despite criticism from some countries that it does not go far enough. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 151 member states, at their annual general …
New Delhi: A trial court will now hear on September 29 the chargesheet filed in the Mayapuri radiation leak incident against six Delhi University teachers. The court, which was to consider the chargesheet on Wednesday, deferred it till September 29. Meanwhile, a DU professor, accused in the case, has moved …
A powerful typhoon struck Japan’s main island on Wednesday, stranding thousands of commuters in Tokyo and poured heavy rain on the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the nation’s tsunami-ravaged northeast. Typhoon-powered waves exploded against a breakwater in Kiho in central Japan on Wednesday. Evacuation advisories went out to more …
The National Green Tribunal in its hearing on the issue of 3 x 660 MW expansion of coal-based thermal power plant at Koradi, Nagpur District, Maharashtra in its final order on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to look into the matter as to long-term impacts caused …
Japan's efforts to safely dismantle the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is expected to be fraught with technical challenges and take more than a decade to complete, the government's Atomic Energy Commission said Wednesday. Removing the fuel from the spent-fuel pools and the reactors is vital to ensuring there will …
Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis is more than triple the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co, Japanese researchers say. Japan's biggest utility estimated around 4,720 trillion becquerels of cesium-137 and iodine-131 was released into the Pacific Ocean between March …
With an eye on increasing public confidence in nuclear energy, the government on Wednesday introduced a Bill to set up an independent nuclear regulator in the Lok Sabha. The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011, will establish a legal framework to regulate nuclear and radiation safety and establish an authority …
A Bill aimed at establishing a legal framework to address nuclear safety issues and set up an autonomous atomic energy watchdog was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011, introduced by the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Mr V Narayanasamy, …
A Bill to establish a legal framework to comprehensively address nuclear safety issues and establish an autonomous atomic energy watchdog to regulate the sector was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011, introduced by Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Mr …
A Bill to establish an Authority and such other regulatory bodies for regulation of radiation safety or nuclear safety and achieving highest standards of such safety based on scientific approach, operating experience and best practices followed by nuclear industry and to ensure that the use of radiation and atomic energy …
The Delhi police today filed a chargesheet in a city court against six Delhi University professors in the 2010 Mayapuri radiation case for endangering lives by auctioning a radioactive gamma irradiator without following mandatory precautions. The chargesheet, filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen, covers Delhi University teachers, including the then Head …
The government has decided to empower the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) — which is being formed to regulate safety from nuclear radiation — with wide-ranging powers to conduct investigations, inspect, search and seize documents and objects from the sources of such radiation. The NSRA Bill 2011 — a copy …
Anyone can participate; study to evolve data for determining safe levels of radio frequency radiation exposures If you are 18 to 45 years old and have been using a mobile phone regularly, you might like to consider participating in India’s first biomedical study on the health risks of mobiles. Embarking …
The first comprehensive soil survey from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant showed extensive ground contamination and another report warned of the continued threat to Japan's food chain, underscoring the major challenges the country still faces in its radioactive cleanup efforts. Separately, the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric …
