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 …
The improvements committee of the civic body on Tuesday cleared the mobile tower policy for the city with three major changes that would help cell tower companies. The policy is likely to be taken up for discussion by the general body of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday. The …
US investigators have been taking samples at a New Mexico underground nuclear waste site where airborne radiation was detected, though authorities stressed they had found no contamination. Officials monitoring the possible radiation leak said there was no danger to people or the environment at the the Department of Energy’s Waste …
Fukushima Gov Yuhei Sato said Tuesday that Okuma and Futaba towns will accept interim nuclear waste storage facilities as planned, although a third designated site—at Naraha town—rejected the proposal last month. In December, Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishiara and Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto met with the mayors of Naraha, Futaba and …
Impact of telecom towers on human health - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 06/02/2014. The Minister Of State in the Ministry Of Communications And Information Technology has stated that "DoT adopted the EMF radiation limits prescribed by ICNIRP in 2008 which was further reduced to 1/10th of the safe limit …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who will be inaugurating the nuclear power plant on January 13 at Gorakhpur village in Haryana, is likely to be greeted by resolute environmentalists opposing the project. Activists of the Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of anti-nuclear energy NGOs, are preparing for a massive protest at …
Gorakhpur nuclear plant inauguration on Jan 13 When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Gorakhpur of Fatehabad district to inaugurate Haryana’s first nuclear power station, he is likely to be greeted by determined environmentalists opposed to the plant. Activists of the Parmanu Virodhi Morcha, a coalition of anti-nuclear energy NGOs, …
The municipal corporation is in dilemma over the directions by the National Green Tribunal to settle the cases of mobile tower companies as soon as possible. The civic body has received several applications for installation of mobile towers, but due to protests by the residents it does not want to …
Unexplained plumes of radioactive steam have been rising from Fukushima's Reactor Building 3, Could a major meltdown be on the way? Fukushima's Reactor Building 3 exploded on 13th March 2011 as a result of a hydrogen buildup, breaching the building's containment and emitting a huge plume of radiation. The reactor …
Now telecom operators in the state cannot install telecom towers in and around (within 100 meters of) educational, religious and health care institutions according to the Special Regulation for Installation of Telecom Towers in Urban Area of Odisha-2013 notified by the state Housing and Urban Development (H&UD;) department. The new …
A day after the BMC released a list of 3,618 “illegal” cell towers in the city, anti-radiation activists on Wednesday came out with their own list of irregularities. Major violations of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) directions concerning distance between tower antennae and neighbouring buildings figured prominently on the list. …
Japan’s government may extend its decontamination work near the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant by up to three years, Kyodo News reported yesterday, citing unidentified government officials. Radiation cleanup work in 11 areas in Fukushima Prefecture was scheduled to be completed by March 31 under a government plan announced in January …
The state government has set up a state-level telecom committee (STC) headed by chief secretary as chairman to tackle public grievances related to setting up mobile base station towers (MBST). Residents in many villages in the state have opposed the installation of such telecom infrastructure raising apprehensions over impacts of …
The popularity of cell phone and wireless communication devices has resulted in a proliferation of cell towers across the country. Fixation of standards for exposure limits of radio frequency field emissions from mobile base stations, monitoring their compliance, all radiation related technical issues and issues of Access Service License / …
New Delhi: Now, operators of nuclear plants in the country will have to report any "extraordinary nuclear event", including radiation and leakage of radioactive material, to the atomic regulator within 24 hours and file a detailed report within 10 days, according to a new order. Seeking to bring in clarity, …
A new study finds that radioactive Iodine from Fukushima has caused a significant increase in hypothyroidism among babies in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The Fukushima catastrophe has been dismissed as a potential cause of health effects even in Japan, let alone as far away as California. A …
There is something terrifying about nuclear energy. It’s as if man decided to harness the power of God, and then made mistakes. One learns this lesson well in Japan, one of the most hi-tech, methodical and organised societies in the world. Two-and-a-half years after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima …
Japan's government is finalizing plans to borrow an additional 3 trillion yen ($30 billion) to pay for compensating Fukushima evacuees and cleaning up the area outside the wrecked nuclear plant, said people with knowledge of the situation. The additional borrowing would mark both a recognition of the project's mounting costs …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released a report, titled 'Climate Change and Nuclear Power 2013.' The report, which expands on the previous 2012 edition, summarizes the potential role of nuclear power in mitigating climate change and its contribution to other development and environmental challenges. It also examines broader …
Isro said that the launch will not be impacted due to a cyclone warning, which was given for the southern coast of Tamil Nadu A day prior to the historic moment of launching its Orbiter to Mars, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has undertaken the propellant filling operation of …
Tokyo Electric Power Co said sandbags were placed downstream to save radioactive substances from reaching the ocean, but rainwater may have caused the water in the ditch to overflow Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has reported a new record rise in radiation levels in water collected from a drainage …
