Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
13 Jan 2009, 0342 hrs IST, Sanjay Dutta, TNN NEW DELHI: State-owned Nuclear Power Corporation and Kazakh national atomic firm Kazatomprom are working on a uranium supply deal that may eventually see India's sole N-power firm set up its first overseas plant in joint venture in Central Asia's fastest-growing economy. …
Jan. 8: India will scale up nuclear energy production to 60,000 MW by 2030. The country could also consider allowing private players to set up nuclear power plants on their own after they gain experience through collaborative projects with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), special envoy of …
Uranium issue SHILLONG: Reiterating the urgent need for uranium supply to deal with the energy crisis in the country, the Centre on Tuesday claimed that negotiations with the Meghalaya Government on the issue of uranium mining were showing 'positive results' and that it was 'a matter of time' before Uranium …
Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) has approved a massive expansion programme to enhance its manufacturing capacity to 20,000 MW by 2012 and its foray into nuclear power equipment production such as generators, turbines and nuclear reactors along with joint venture partners. The company has also decided …
NEW DELHI: The Americans are coming. India is to receive its first commercial nuclear mission after the signing of its historic nuclear deal with the US on October 11, 2008 in Washington. The intent of this visit is to establish an advantage in the projected $150 billion business potential with …
In a decision that will result in substantial monetary gains for states having uranium reserves, the Government on Friday revised the royalty rates for the mining of uranium according to the recommendations of a study group. The Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL), the only company engaged in mining of uranium …
RUDRA BISWAS G.K. Pillai: New avenues Ranchi, Jan. 1: Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited. Ranchi (HEC) has resolved to forge into new avenues of nuclear and thermal power, setting itself ambitious goals to tide over the economic downturn that threatens to loom over the New Year. The move, explained CMD G.K.Pillai, …
Energy plays a vital role in the development of any economy and given its unequal distribution trade in energy, especially fossil fuels, is an important component of international trade. In the past, due to its public good characteristics, energy-related services were mostly supplied by the government. With liberalization and globalization …
This briefing outlines why nuclear power is a woefully inadequate response to the climate crisis and how, in contrast, renewable energy and greater energy efficiency can deliver in time to tackle climate change, without any of the dangers posed by nuclear power. It also explores the key environmental, health and …
India is expanding uranium mining, a hazardous activity. Anil Kakodkar, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, recently inaugurated a uranium mine at Bagjata in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Kakodkar, who is also secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, spoke to ALOK GUPTA about safety concerns and the …
As nuclear waste maims people, India plans to generate more INDIA intends to increase the share of nuclear power from 3.1 per cent of its total energy generation to 25 per cent by 2050. Six nuclear power reactors are under construction and eight are in the pipeline. While the country …
climate change Poznan talks begin Delegates from 186 nations congregated in the Polish city of Poznan on December 1 to negotiate a new climate change treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Ministers discussed their vision for long-term cooperative action and emphasized the economic slowdown should not overshadow the …
An interview with Tilman A Ruff, Australian head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). At Jadugoda in East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, he observed a human settlement perilously close to the mines of Uranium Corporation of India. Tilman A Ruff, Australian head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear …
The Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) of India is on the look out for uranium mines around the world in order to ensure supplies for nuclear power plants in the country. According to SK Jain, chairman and managing director, NPC, the public sector undertaking will pick up stakes in uranium mines …
The environmental clearance offered to the Koodankulam reactors in Tamil Nadu is not based upon a careful examination of all the potential impacts on the environment and livelihoods nor does it incorporate public concerns.
BIT, Mesra, vice-chancellor P.K. Barhai (left) felicitates Malaviya National Institute of Technology director R.P. Dahiya during the meet in Ranchi on Monday. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, Dec. 15: The dream of clean and danger-free nuclear energy through nuclear fusion would become a reality in the country only by 2050. …
JHAJJAR: Haryana could become the first state in the country to set up a 2,800 mw nuclear power plant after the signing of the civil nuclear deal between India and the US.
If the private sector was hoping to play a major role in nuclear power generation following the deal with the US, it is in for disappointment. Changes in the existing law being planned envisage all private participation through only joint venture with state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation and limit their investment …
