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 …
On April 10, 2007, a uranium pipeline burst in Jaduguda, causing a spill of the fuel that keeps our nuclear energy schemes running. Further, adds Half Life, a report on radioactivity in India by environmental group Toxic Links, on August 16, 2008, another uranium pipe burst, spewing houses near the …
Review by Greenpeace on regulations and emergency procedures relating to radiological facilities in India, in response to the Mayapuri accident. Exposes inadequacy in existing policies & lists recommendations for emergency preparedness & management of radiation-related incidents.India plans to have 20,000 MW of nuclear energy by 2020 and 63,000 MW by …
The Mayapuri accident is not a one-off occurrence. This document lists 16 occasions in which sources of radiation have been lost, stolen or misplaced from radiological facilities in India over the last ten years. The document also lists some accounts of accidents and near-misses in the country
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday asked the University Grants Commission (UGC) to immediately frame guidelines for procurement, transport, storage and disposal or all hazardous material, including chemicals and radioactive substances, used for research in universities. Mr. Sibal took the decision at a meeting …
R. Ramachandran Replying to a calling attention notice on April 19 in the Rajya Sabha on the radiological accident at Mayapuri in Delhi, Minister of State for Atomic Energy Prithviraj Chavan claimed that India had strict rules and regulations to keep track of radiological sources registered with the Atomic Energy …
Urvashi Sarkar NEW DELHI: Two days after the source of radioactive material that killed one and left several others ill was traced to Delhi University's Chemistry Department, Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental on Friday said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board team had been requested to investigate all claims pertaining to the presence …
New Delhi: Making it clear that research in universities would go on, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Friday asked the University Grants Commission to immediately frame guidelines on procurement, transport, storage and disposal of radioactive material for research. Sibal will also be writing to his cabinet colleagues in ministries like …
New Delhi: Professor B K Sharma, who had last used the gamma irradiator in Delhi University 25 years back, said the chemistry department should not have disposed of the instrument in the first place. Speaking to Times City on Friday, 82-year-old B K Sharma said,
New Delhi: Even as Delhi University tried to fend off criticism over the way university handled a gamma irradiator that had cobalt-60 in it, scientists familiar with radioactive material questioned how even basic safety norms were not followed at DU for the past two decades. According to nuclear physicists, the …
HYDERABAD: Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Srikumar Banerjee has said there is a proposal to install radio-active detection systems at ports of entry through land, air and sea to prevent unauthorised radio-active materials from finding their way into the country. Talking to journalists after receiving the Fuelling Machine head …
Hours after the Delhi University admitted its mistake in allowing an old piece of equipment containing radioactive substance to be sold as scrap, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) issued a showcause notice to the university. The AERB also directed the university to suspend the use of any other radioactive …
NEW DELHI: The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has asked the Delhi University authorities to suspend all activities involving use of radiation sources. The directive follows the tracing of a radio-active material that caused the death of a person of a scrap shop and injuries to several others in Mayapuri …
Thirty-five Delhi government doctors are undergoing training in treatment of chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear (CBRN) injuries following Monday
The discovery of radioactive Cobalt 60 sources stored as scrap in New Delhi's Mayapuri locality by the Department of Atomic Energy and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is a clear pointer to the need for a stronger mechanism to monitor such dangerous waste. At least one person has received a …
