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 …
Sandeep Dikshit NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday signed agreements that would eliminate the supply-demand mismatch in uranium and enable the setting up of more state-of-the-art nuclear power plants in India. At a summit meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev put the final touches on …
India and Russia signed the long-pending nuclear cooperation agreement for construction of four additional nuclear reactors at Kudankulam and reactors in other new sites in India. The cooperation agreement, signed by Russian state corporation, Rosatom, director-general Sergei Kiriyenko and department of atomic energy chief Anil Kakodkar, will govern bilateral civilian …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Thursday expressed confidence that 1,500 MW of nuclear power would be added to the national grid in 2009 as the country was poised to benefit from the civil nuclear cooperation agreements with Russia, France and United States. He was …
Thorium Power, a US-based nuclear energy company, has signed an agreement with Punj Lloyd, one of the leading engineering and construction companies in India, to form a joint venture (JV). The JV will provide thorium fuel technology for light water reactors (LWR) to come up in India, which predominantly generates …
Safety in nuclear power plants (NPPs) in India is a very important topic and it is necessary to dissipate correct information to all the readers and the public at large. In this article, I have briefly described how the safety in our NPPs is maintained. Safety is accorded overriding priority …
The current Sarkozy-Fillon Government, acting presidency of the European Union's Council of Ministers, has chosen to massively promote nuclear power even to newcomer countries like Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates. As President Sarkozy put it in a speech in Marrakech: "We have it in France, why …
Occupational risks, the present nuclear threat, and the potential danger associated with nuclear power have raised concerns regarding the metabolism of plutonium in pregnant women. The researchers measured plutonium levels in the milk teeth of children born between 1951 and 1995 to assess the potential risk that plutonium incorporated by …
The audit report conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General on management of fuel for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs). DAE has been blamed for being unable to exploit the country
The world is now in the early stages of an energy revolution that over the next few decades could be as momentous as the emergence of oil-and electricity-based economies a century ago. Double-digit market growth, annual capital flows of more than $100 billion, sharp declines in technology costs, and rapid …
India and Russia will sign the nuclear agreement for four additional reactors at Kudankulam when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits India in the first week of December. Confirming this on Monday, foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon said,
India needs to increase its electricity generation capacity by nearly six times in the next 20 years in order to feed an economy growing at 7 per cent, industry chiefs said here at the India Economic Summit. The industry also feared that increasing generation capacity to around 800 gigawatts from …
BALASORE: After successfully test-firing nuke-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from underwater, defence scientists are now planning a test from land next month. Sources at Chandipur defence base Wednesday said for the first time the missile will be test-fired from a land-based launcher in the Integrated Test Range ( ), …
US Senate okays pact with India THE American Senate approved the us-India nuclear deal on October 2. The deal, already cleared by the us House of Representatives, was approved with a majority of 86 votes in favour and 13 against it. On September 6, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (nsg), a …
Energy experts, academics, business leaders and policymakers on Tuesday suggested immediate installation of a nuclear power plant as the country was facing huge shortage of primary energy like gas to produce electricity. At a dialogue in Dhaka, they also urged all stakeholders to end the debate over coal issue as …
As George W. Bush stepped briskly into the White House for the signing ceremony in the afternoon of October 8, the gathering that included Ronen Sen, India's ambassador to the US, was aware that they were witnessing a rare and historic moment. Bush looked much the cat that got the …
nuclear energy Private players? Private players may soon be allowed entry into nuclear energy production. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said as much minutes before he went in to deliberate on the draft Integrated Energy Policy with the plan panel. The law will, however, have to be amended …
Developing nations want Kyoto Protocol commitments honoured. Developed nations cannot stop talking of targets for all. Juergen P Kropp , senior scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany talks to Amarjyoti Borah , giving the western viewpoint How does Germany plan to meet emissions targets after phasing out nuclear …
BY RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI India is kick starting its nuclear facilities by setting up 21 nuclear power projects based on three different technologies. These include the setting up of six French reactors of 1,600 MW, four Russian reactors of 1,000 MW and four American reactors of 1,500 MW within …
