Nuclear Power

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

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 …

Japan restarts reactor in test of Abe's nuclear policy

Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor for the first time under new safety standards put in place since the Fukushima disaster in 2011, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that the industry is now safe. Abe and much of Japanese industry want reactors to be …

More men back nuclear, women like solar: climate change gender divide found

If the climate change debate wasn't polarised enough, another divide has opened up: the attitudes of men versus those of women. Climate Institute research published on Monday confirms Australian men are more likely than women to believe climate change is not happening, and to prefer nuclear and coal as energy …

NPCIL proposes 1,400 MW nuclear plant in Mandla

INDORE: Graduation function of the fifteenth batch of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) training school was organized at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore (RRCAT) here on Sunday. Certificates were given away to seven training scientific officers (TSOs) and seventeen PhD and MTech students. Addressing the gathering, chairman, Atomic …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on nuclear safety, 22/07/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on nuclear safety, 22/07/2015. Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has well established policies governing regulation of nuclear and radiation safety and has all the necessary functional autonomy for conducting the safety reviews and regulatory control of the nuclear and radiation facilities in India. AERB has …

China to become world's 3rd largest nuclear generating country around 2017: EIA

China is expected to become the world's third largest nuclear generating nation around 2017 pushed by its national target against climate change, said US energy information administration (EIA) Monday. To fight against climate change, Chinese government set a goal to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its primary energy …

19% of Asia's blue chips disclose green performance

Companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are slowly improving their carbon reporting measures, but the emissions of those companies are continuing to rise. A report released today (20 July) by environmental data firm Trucost suggests listed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are gradually improving their transparency and …

Location of Vietnam's nuclear power project extended

HO CHI MINH CITY, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Construction on Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear power plants, the first of the kind in Vietnam, will be extended southwest as required in new changes to their master plan approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, local media reported Friday. …

Japan sets 26 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions as target

Japan said on Friday it would slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030 from 2013 levels and would submit the plan to the United Nations later in the day as its contribution to a global summit on climate change in Paris in November. The target is based …

Nuclear reactor in Shikoku gets OK to restart from regulator

The Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) on Wednesday gave the OK for Shikoku Electric Power Co to restart the No. 3 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. The safety approval is still only one of three needed before the reactor can go back online. The consent of …

Renewables outpace nuclear in economies with 45% of world population

Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world’s population, a nuclear industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …

Renewables outpace nuclear in economies making up 45% of world population: Report

Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …

Iran to conduct R&D for advanced centrifuges in first 10 years of deal

Iran will be allowed to conduct research and development (R&D;) with uranium for advanced centrifuges during the first 10 years of a nuclear agreement with major powers, according to the text of the deal posted on the Russian foreign ministry website. "Iran will continue to conduct enrichment R&D; in a …

Renewables outpace nuclear in economies making up 45 percent of world population: report

Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as …

The world nuclear industry status report 2015

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction. The WNISR assesses the status of new‐build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries. This edition provides an analysis of the evolution …

Nigeria: Caucus Rejects Siting of Nuclear Plant in Akwa Ibom

Uyo — The Akwa Ibom State Leaders Caucus has rejected plans by the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) to site a Nuclear Power plant in Itu local Government Area of the state. The group attributed their rejection of the Nuclear Power plant to disastrous consequences that failure of nuclear plants …

Austria files lawsuit against EU Commission over UK nuclear plant

Austria launched legal action on Monday against the European Commission over its backing of British plans for the 16 billion pound ($24.9 billion) development of the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, Chancellor Werner Faymann said. The project, to be built by French utility EDF at Hinkley Point in southwest England, …

Nigeria: Proposed Nuclear Plant 'Threat to Niger Delta Environment'

The decision of the federal government to site a nuclear power plant in Akwa Ibom State has been referred to as a misplaced priority and an action capable of increasing the environmental damage in the Niger Delta. Mr Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) made the observation …

Britain, Canada to strengthen cooperation on nuclear energy

Britain and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to strengthen ties between the two countries' nuclear energy industries. The MoU was signed in London by Canada's High Commissioner Gordon Campbell and Lee McDonough, director of the Office of Nuclear Development for the UK Department of Climate Change. …

Dozens of U.S. companies bet on nuclear power revolution: report

The Pentagon's top arms provider and firms partly funded by Silicon Valley billionaires Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among dozens of companies collectively betting more than $1.3 billion that a new wave of nuclear power can be a force to fight climate change. Advanced nuclear power plants, which will …

Record boost in new solar power continues massive industry growth

UK leads European solar energy expansion to help renewables overtake output of nuclear power as industry leaders hail ‘tipping point’ for the technology A record amount of solar power was added to the world’s grids in 2014, pushing total cumulative capacity to 100 times the level it was in 2000. …

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