Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Yudhvir Rana | TNN Amritsar: Had the government acted on a Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) report released in 1995, confirming presence of uranium and other heavy metals beyond permissible limits in water samples collected from Bathinda, preventive measures could have been put in place. This is what a GNDU …
Interview with C.B. Jain, Project Director, JNPP. C.B. Jain is the Project Director of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project. In this interview to Frontline, he presents the project authorities' point of view. What is the update on the land acquisition process? Has all the land been acquired and have people …
Sample Of Nullah Opening Into Satluj Tests Positive For High Uranium Content: German Lab I P Singh | TNN Faridkot: In the wake of discovery of high level of uranium and other heavy metals in hair samples of 80% of 149 neurologically-disabled children, samples of five children from worst-affected village …
Delhi University (DU) has decided to request the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to lift the ban imposed on it for using radioactive isotopes in its laboratories. Citing reason of safeguarding the career of students, university authorities have decided to write to the AERB to lift the ban. It was …
Says soil contaminated, could lead to spread of radiation during rains The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to cement the decrepit road in the Mayapuri industrial area, where a radioactive substance was found in April. The subsequent radiation leak had claimed one life …
The Mayapuri cobalt-60 episode shows that the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board needs to be replaced with a truly independent, well-staffed, competent body. IN India's age of philistinism, in which the
This technology roadmap on nuclear energy released by IEA & OECD finds that nearly one-fourth of global electricity generation could be met with nuclear power by 2050, offering significant CO2 savings & says that financing new nuclear plants is expected to be a major challenge. This nuclear energy roadmap has …
Petition seeks temporary sealing of the Mayapuri scrap market Court urged to issue directions for installation of radiation scanners NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notices to the Union Government and others on a public interest litigation by an individual seeking temporary sealing of the Mayapuri scrap …
Ajay Kanth KOCHI: The radiation leak at a scrap shop in West Delhi industrial area recently has raised serious concern among experts on the safety of workers in scrap-breaking units in Kerala. Though a lot of scrap units are functioning in the state, the authorities are totally unaware of the …
Saint-Etienne (France) French nuclear safety authorities says six people have been contaminated by a leak of radioactive cobalt in a foundry. The Institute for Radioactivity Protection and Nuclear Safety says the six were brought to a hospital unit at a nuclear plant near the foundry in Feurs in France. The …
Post Mayapuri radiation incident, all stake-holders including regulators, woke up to a stark reality. It cannot be business as usual. The mistaken notion of a few academics about the concept of
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) dismissed the claims of an international agency which claimed that the Mayapuri scrap market has high levels of radiation. In a statement, the AERB admitted there was some contamination in local spots but it could not pose any health detriment. Also the scrap dealers …
New Delhi: Their immunity might have been weakened by high-intensity Cobalt 60 exposure, but their spirits are still high. All set to go home, Deepak and Ajay Jain, the two scrap dealers who were battling for life at Army hospital till a month ago, now plan to take legal action …
NEW DELHI: In an effort to play down the recent finding of Greenpeace about high levels of radiation in the Mayapuri scrap market despite government agencies claiming decontamination of the area, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on Tuesday said that
New Delhi: Following reports of high radiation levels at Mayapuri scrap market, a special team of experts from the department of atomic energy (DAE) have started the decontamination procedure on Sunday. According to the experts, the radiation level at Mayapuri is
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Experts from the Department of Atomic Energy, assisted by Greenpeace activists, on Sunday carried out decontamination operations at the Mayapuri market in West Delhi following reports of the presence of high levels of radiation in the scrap there. This exercise follows a meeting of the experts …
