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 …
Two research scholars lost their lives in a major fire that broke out at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Trombay on Tuesday afternoon. Barc sources said scientists working there heard a loud explosion in the modular laboratory, which houses over 60 research scholars and assistants, and rushed to see …
The statement of IGP (Western Range), Gopal Hosur on the safety aspects at Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) has raised several questions over security measures at the nuclear power plant in Uttara Kannada district. The IGP who visited the plant on Thursday observed that there are loopholes in the internal …
Vinay Kumar NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said it was reviewing the processes, procedures and human performance aspects at all nuclear power stations following the
Karwar: There have been serious violations of protocol at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in handing radioactive material. The guidelines issued by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) to its employees on handling radioactive material appear to have not been followed by some employees at the Kaiga station, …
Processes, procedures and human performance aspects of all nuclear power plants are being reviewed following the radioactive contamination of drinking water at Kaiga Atomic Power Station, Minister of State, PMO, Prithviraj Chavan, said on Thursday. In a statement, Chavan assured the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha that investigations were on …
Karwar: Intelligence agencies had warned the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) authorities about possible threats to the security of the Kaiga power plant. Raman Gupta, Superintendent of Police, Uttar Kannada had written on two occasions to the officials in charge of the security of the plant conveying the …
Surendra Gadekar Leakage raises safety concerns If the heightened security system is so lax, how can people trust the nuclear establishment's ability to provide fool-proof security? THE CONTAMINATION of at least 55 workers at Kaiga nuclear power plant is a personal tragedy for them and their families. Those of us …
New Delhi/Karwar: When staff and workers at the Kaiga nuclear plant began to show above normal radiation levels, authorities hit the alarm button. Teams began to urgently scour the complex for signs of a telltale radiation leak that could have exposed the staff to radioactivity. But despite routine urine samples …
Karwar: The station director of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station, J.P. Gupta, has denied that there was a security lapse on the part of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Kaiga. He said different government agencies were investigating the case of contamination of the drinking water by …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Karwar December 01, 2009, 1:27 IST About 50 employees are being interrogated. The Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) authorities have commenced investigation to identify the person responsible for poisoning the drinking water dispenser at the premises with radioactive isotope Tritium, a senior official said today. About 50 …
Disgruntled Nuclear Scientist May Have Poisoned Water Cooler The Atomic Energy Commission on Sunday confirmed a TOI report that drinking water was contaminated with radioactive material at the Kaiga atomic plant in Karnataka, calling it an
THE Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) on Sunday confirmed that radioactive tritium was deliberately put in a water cooler at the high-security Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant, in Karnataka, exposing about 50 workers to increased level of radiation. Minister for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan confirmed that the Kaiga incident was an …
S. RAGHOTHAM In 2006, former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko was killed in London by unknown assailants who gave him a tiny dose, less than a microgram, of Polonium-210 : Whether it was accident or "mischief", the 40-50 people who ingested tritiate water at the Kaiga nuclear power plant on November …
Uranium issue SHILLONG: AICC secretary in charge Meghalaya Retd Major Ved Prakash has said that even without mining of uranium, the people residing in the mining areas of West Khasi Hills are still exposed to radio-active rays which might have an adverse impact on their health. "The radio-active rays of …
Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The Union environment and forest ministry team sent to assess the toxic material on-board the controversial ship Platinum II, anchored in Indian waters near Alang for ship-breaking, has confirmed the vessel contains tonnes of toxins. The Central team was dispatched to Gujarat to assess …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Central technical team sent to inspect Platinum-II, the ship that anchored at Bhavnagar Anchorage Point along the Alang coast in Gujarat last month, has concluded that the vessel is a passenger ship and not carrying any radioactive or hazardous waste in loose form or as …
A team of experts that probed complaints of high levels of toxic material and radioactive substance in a US ship anchored off Alang port in Gujarat has said the vessel contains these substances. The five-member team, however, failed to assess the hazard factor of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) in the vessel …
For quite some time the print media has been publishing tales of misery caused by high prevalence of cancer cases in the Bathinda district of Punjab. Cancer appears to have
