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 …
Identifies 6 Hotspots Around Shop Where Irradiator Was Kept New Delhi: Radiation experts from an international NGO scanned the Mayapuri scrap market area on Friday and claimed that there was still dangerously high level of radioactive contamination in the area. According to the experts, there are six
Bindu Shajan Perappadan and Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The Mayapuri scrap market here is still a danger zone, with some hotspots registering radioactivity that is up to 5,000 times higher than normal, according to Greenpeace radiation experts. The scrap market has been the centre of a radioactive scare over the …
Mumbai: Five months after a fire broke out in a chemistry laboratory at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc) in Trombay, killing two researchers, an incident of radioactive contamination took place at the establishment on Tuesday evening, which officials claimed was minor,
Mumbai A Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) employee handling some containers suffered radioactive contamination of the hands on Tuesday. BARC officials called it a minor incident and said the employee was decontaminated instantly and has rejoined duty.
Mumbai: A minor incident of radioactive contamination was reported at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay here, on Tuesday. Department of Atomic Energy spokesman S.K. Malhotra told The Hindu over telephone that two drops of a radiochemical spilled out of a flask while the chemical was being handled in the …
A Month after the Delhi University's Chemistry Department was found responsible for the Cobalt 60 radiation leak at Mayapuri that killed one and injured several, a high-level Committee of Secretaries (CoS) has been set up to examine the issue of 'handling of radioactive material'. With officials from the Department of …
Perhaps, If It Cost Us More To Throw, We Will Learn Not To Throw More The crisis of radioactive cobalt found in the scrap of Delhi's recycling market is over, for now. But let us be clear: Mayapuri is not just about the negligence of Delhi university. It is about …
NEW DELHI: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board organised a radiation safety awareness programme for metal scrap dealers at Mayapuri here on Thursday. Sharing details of the operation carried out by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board experts to recover the Cobalt-60 pencils from the Mayapuri scrap market …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has identified and accounted for all the cobalt-60 radioactive sources originally present in the gamma cell irradiator of the Chemistry Department of Delhi University. Stating this in a pres release here on Wednesday, the AERB said that the sources would …
New Delhi: Less than a week after HRD minister Kapil Sibal asked it to come up with regulations, University Grants Commission on Tuesday set up a fivemember panel headed by G K Rath of the department of radiology, AIIMS, to frame guidelines on the use, storage and disposal of radioactive …
It is time India properly handles a major problem The recent high-profile cobalt radiation exposure case in Delhi is a warning signal for bigger disasters waiting to happen. While the reported incident is not commonplace, India is home to a large and rapidly growing inventory of hazardous waste. Much of …
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the Mayapuri radiation leak incident caused by sale of radioactive material by a Delhi University department, the Delhi Government has issued guidelines and advisories to all heads of hospitals, medical centres, diagnostic centres and medical labs using radioactive equipment and consumables for their safe …
The state health department issued fresh guidelines on Monday to hospitals and nursing homes for the proper use, maintenance and disposal of radioactive sources. The advisory comes weeks after radioactive Cobalt-60 found at the Mayapuri scrap market claimed one life and injured six others. The guidelines
Committee inspects departments for radiation levels, checks disposal system of medical and bio-waste As a fallout of the recent case of radioactive exposure in Delhi, the Panjab University on Monday formed a standing committee to inspect the science departments where radioactive material was used. The radioactive material in Delhi was …
Leakage of radioactive elements SHILLONG: The current controversy about leakage of radioactive wastes from Delhi University which claimed one life and has affected many should make all other universities using radioactive matter for experiments to sit up and take notice. According to scientists in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) …
Stricter disposal guidelines planned for infectious wastes, penalties to be imposed for violations The Delhi government will announce new, stricter guidelines for disposal of bio-medical waste by hospitals. The decision came after the recent incident of radioactive waste ending up in Mayapuri scrap market that claimed a life, and a …
