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 …
Elevated levels of cesium still detected in fish off the Fukushima coast of Japan suggest that radioactive particles from last year’s nuclear disaster have accumulated on the seafloor and could contaminate sea life for decades, according to new research. The findings published in Friday’s issue of the journal Science highlight …
The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Japanese government plan to set up a long-term research base in Fukushima to study ways to decontaminate radiation-tainted areas and dispose of radioactive waste, government sources said Saturday. Because of the massive fallout unleashed by Fukushima No. 1 core meltdowns following last year's …
Health and environment are as important as is plant safety, says judge The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to spell out how nuclear waste/spent fuel will be handled or transported after the Kudankulam plant in Tamil Nadu becomes operational. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra on …
The Supreme Court (SC) today asked the government what mechanism it will put in place to handle nuclear waste at the Kudankulam power plant once it becomes operational. A Bench of justices, K S Radhakrishnan and Deepak Misra asked the Centre and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCL), which …
The Supreme Court (SC) today asked the government what mechanism it will put in place to handle nuclear waste at the Kudankulam power plant once it becomes operational. A Bench of justices, K S Radhakrishnan and Deepak Misra asked the Centre and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCL), which …
There are lessons to be learnt from Japan, given the dilemma it finds itself in. Should it continue running its 50 nuclear power plants or do away with them within a specific time frame? Opinions, after the Fukushima disaster, are sharply divided. The latest attempt by the Japanese government to …
The Government may consider tighter environment and safety norms for the Kudankulam nuclear plant even as it insists that all current conditions are being strictly complied with. Asked if a safety review was on the cards, given the Supreme Court’s statement on Thursday that the plant could be shut if …
The safety of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and storage of nuclear waste is of prime concern that should be addressed by the Union Government, the Supreme Court told the Centre on Thursday. Hearing petitions relating to the plant, a Bench of Justices K. S. Radhakrishnan and Deepak Misra told …
M. Appavu writes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Former MLA of Radhapuram M. Appavu has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the filling-up of enriched uranium fuel in the first reactor of Kudannkulam Nuclear Power Project until credible arrangements are made to send the nuclear waste to be generated …
Soon, “significant events” taking place during construction and commissioning of a nuclear plant will also have to be reported to Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). The board is devising a system similar to one in place for operating plants, which are required to promptly report to it events that impact …
Petition says plant should be governed by principle of ‘absolute liability, polluter pays’ A fresh writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, contending that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant could not be commissioned without resolving the issue of Russia’s liability in case of an accident. The public interest …
Dr. Rao interacts with students India is one of the few countries, which has a comprehensive capability of nuclear waste management according to P. R. Vasudeva Rao, Director and distinguished scientist, Chemistry Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. Dr. Rao addressed the students at a programme organised by …
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) directed its staff on Thursday to start an environmental review into the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel, following a court ruling that led the agency to stop issuing new reactor licenses. The NRC did not say when it would start issuing new reactor …
The government on Monday said it had chosen a 4-hectare area of national forest land in Tochigi Prefecture as a candidate storage site for radioactive waste from Fukushima Prefecture. The area is near the town of Yaita. It is the first time since last year’s nuclear disaster that the government …
Amid concerns about safety issues involving the nuclear plant in Kundakulam of South India, the government of Sri Lanka has raised its concerns with India and sought an immediate dialogue between the two sides to discuss the matter, officials said yesterday. External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunaratne Amunugama told Daily Mirror …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has laid down a condition that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) should adopt a suitable system to reduce the temperature of the trade effluent at the final discharge point so that the resultant rise in the temperature of the sea does not exceed …
The complicated and contentious issue of burying nuclear waste in Cumbria is heading for a milestone on 11 October when the three local councils which have expressed an interest meet to debate further involvement. A useful waymarker has now been published in full, based on the views of some 2,300 …
Yet another leak has been reported within a month at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) at Rawatbhata near Kota, exposing workers to tritium radiation, and causing concern among the country’s nuclear energy watchers. The senior management at Rawatbhata, a site getting ready for India’s second-biggest Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) …
A government-appointed inquiry into the Fukushima nuclear crisis raised doubts on Monday about whether other nuclear plants were prepared for massive disasters despite new safety rules, and delivered a damning assessment of the regulators and the station’s operator. The report, the second this month about the disaster, could be seized …
Development aggression through state, public-private partnerships and corporate projects – large dams, mines, logging, plantations, national parks... and the like – are displacing millions of indigenous peoples from their lands and territories... their traditional sources of subsistence, distinct cultures and ways of life. Indigenous peoples in their resource-rich lands are …
