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 …
New Delhi : Amid reports that the government is working on not applying the supplier’s liability clause on US companies, it has emerged that the Attorney General’s opinion — the root of this concern — was sought in the Kudankulam case, where the Russians had wanted certain clarifications, and not …
The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) at Kalpakkam has been operating its two units for about three decades without environmental clearance and hence the units cannot be allowed to run unless they fulfil mandatory requirements, a PIL has said. The first bench comprising acting Chief Justice RK Agrawal and Justice …
The Madras High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on a PIL seeking to direct the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station to get environmental clearance. The plea, referring to a recent Supreme Court judgement, said without due clearance from AEC, AERB, and NPCIL …
Brazil will probably scale down its plans for new nuclear plants due to safety concerns following the 2011 radiation leak in Japan and pick up some of the slack with a "revolution" in wind power, the head of the government's energy planning agency said. Mauricio Tolmasquim, chief of the Energy …
Japan on Sunday began switching off its last operating nuclear reactor for an inspection, with no date scheduled for a restart amid strong public hostility towards atomic power. The move will leave the world’s third largest economy without atomic energy for the second time since the Fukushima nuclear crisis erupted …
The second unit is expected to go on stream by June next year The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) Unit-I is set to begin production in the next 20 days. "The plant will start production in the next 15-20 days once it completes the trial run," said R S Sundar, …
China unveiled comprehensive new measures to tackle air pollution on Thursday, with plans to close old polluting steel mills, cement factories and aluminium smelters, as well as slash coal consumption and boost nuclear power and natural gas use. China has been under heavy pressure to address the causes of air …
From an economy addicted to coal and nuclear energy, Germany is fast transforming into one driven by renewables. Its aim is to demonstrate to the world that growth and decarbonisation can go hand in hand. Chandra Bhushan and Ankur Paliwal travel to Germany to understand how it is doing so …
Key NGOs withdrew from anti Jaitapur agitation The Maharashtra government and the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) have received a much-needed respite after the main non-government organisation opposing the proposed 9,900-Mw nuclear project at Jaitapur, Janhit Seva Samiti, ended its agitation. Both the state and the NPC have reiterated they are …
Hyderabad: With the demand for power increasing, the state government is trying to get unallocated power from the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and NeyveliII in Tamil Nadu, on a long-term basis. The demand is increasing at the rate of seven to eight per cent per year. It has increased by …
Sri Lanka is negotiating a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India. This was disclosed by Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam here on Sunday. "Yes, we are negotiating a nuclear agreement with India. The talks are at a preliminary stage," he told reporters in the presence of External …
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has granted permission to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) to run its first reactor at 50 per cent (500 MW) capacity and synchronisation of its generator. The permission , given around 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, has triggered jubilation among KKNPP officials, as it …
The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) urged the Centre, on Saturday, not to go ahead with the expansion activities at the nuclear energy facility in Kalpakkam by constructing more power plants without scientifically establishing that there was no volcanic activity in the Bay of Bengal. If it has been …
Despite serious reservations in the US about India’s nuclear liability law, New Delhi and Washington have agreed to push ahead with a “pre-early works agreement” that is expected to pave the way for the 6,000 MW nuclear power project in Mithivirdi in Gujarat. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) …
DHAKA : Prime Minister sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the government will complete the construction of Rooppur Nuclear Power plant in due time. She stated this while presiding over the 3rd meeting of the national committee on Rooppur Power Plant Project held at her office, reports UNB. PM’s Press …
The proposed 6,000 MW nuclear power plant by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Mithivirdi in Bhavnagar district, has been recommended to the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) for CRZ clearance by the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA). GCZMA deliberated the proposal of NPCIL and after …
The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has recommended Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's (NCPIL) proposed 6,900-MW nuclear power plant to the Central Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) for Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance. However, the recommendation has been made without a site visit by its member and …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has declared Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atomic Power Project (CMPAPP) safe. An environmental impact assessment report filed by the corporation says the project in the low seismic activity zone- II is environmentally benign, techno-economically viable and sustainable. The base cost of the two 700-megawatt …
Indian Railways is planning to enter nuclear power generation to reduce its depenadence on state-owned power distribution companies for its energy requirements. The national transporter is planning to set up a 1,400-MW nuclear power plant on its own or in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation. It has formed a joint …
With the 1,000 MWe (mega watt electrical) first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear project scheduled to be commissioned next month, a slugfest has erupted among the power-starved southern states to ensure that new claimants are kept out and their share of electricity from the atomic project is hiked. Andhra Pradesh, …
