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 …
The first unit of the Kundankulam nuclear power project is expected to start generating electricity in the next 40 days, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Mr V. Narayanasamy, said today. He said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) officials were at the Kudankulam project site and …
Pakistan plans to build two coastal nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 MW each in the southern port city of Karachi to meet the future energy needs of the financial hub, according to a media report today. “The presidency and General Headquarters are showing great interest in the …
Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Monday announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam. "We have decided to go on hunger protest once …
CHENNAI: Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Monday announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam. "We have decided to go on hunger protest …
A Japanese government panel is likely to recommend utilities pay 42 yen (51 cents) per kilowatt-hour (kwh) for solar power supplies in a feed-in tariff scheme, in line with requests by the solar power industry, the Nikkei business daily said. Japan is overhauling its energy policy after the Fukushima nuclear …
Expressing satisfaction over the progress in preparing the first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project for commissioning, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) Chairman and Managing Director S.K. Jain has said the KKNPP was waiting for the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's clearance for the opening of the reactor pressure …
Instead of coercing the people fighting against injustice and life-threatening projects like Kudankulam Nuclear Power Projects, these people should be protected in a democratic set-up, social activist Neeraj Jain said. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Mr. Neeraj, who was here to deliver lecture at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, told reporters …
New Delhi: India on Wednesday made the most persuasive case for its “full membership” of the global non-proliferation regimes. In a major policy statement, foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai told a gathering of nuclear experts that “the logical conclusion of partnership with India is its full membership of the four multilateral …
An 18-member team of Russian scientists from Atomstroy Export and top NPCIL officials visited the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in order to speed up the commissioning of Reactor-1. Atomstroy Export is a Russian engineering company of the state-owned ‘Rosatom’ Corporation involved in constructing nuclear reactors abroad. It has constructed …
While the setting up of nuclear power plants in the country has turned into a flashpoint with locals and environmentalists protesting against them, VP Raja, chairman of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), feels the risks associated with nuclear power projects have been blown out of proportion. Raja, who has …
Sri Lanka issuing a statement regretted the Indian media reports linking Sri Lanka's concerns of the safety of nuclear power plants in India to India's vote against Sri Lanka for the UN resolution at the Human Rights Council Session in Geneva last month. The Chairman of Sri Lanka's Atomic Energy …
Colombo Sri Lanka today said it had not objected to the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu and underlined that India has every right to use nuclear technology in meeting the requirements of energy. ‘‘Sri Lanka has not brought up the issue of the safety of Kudankulam power plant …
Days after Sri Lankan Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka said Colombo would oppose the Koodankulam nuclear project, the chief of the island nation’s nuclear body said Monday that they had no such intention. “Sri Lanka has not brought up the issue of the safety of Koodankulam plant against India’s voting at …
Operations at Japan's all nuclear power plants could be suspended ‘momentarily’ starting on May 6, Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano has said. "The number of nuclear reactors operating across the country may go down to zero, perhaps momentarily from May 6," Edano said in a seminar in western …
KARAIKAL: The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant will start production in 45 days, Union Minister of State V Narayanasamy said here on Sunday. Speaking to mediapersons, the minister said that after the inspection by the nuclear reactor team, the trial for enrichment of uranium fuel will be initiated in 20 days …
Even as imported reactor-based atomic power projects are facing tardy progress, domestic nuclear sector firms are cashing in big-time on the demand for specialised nuclear services globally. The Heavy Water Board (HWB) has bagged a big export order for supplying 11,000 kg “high purity heavy water” from the US-based Linde …
It is the “second-biggest scientific adventure ever” and India is one of the few countries that have lead role in it. At a 180-hectare site near the Cadarache nuclear research facility in France, scientists from India and some other countries are trying to find an answer to what is one …
Sri Lanka on Monday said it had not objected to the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu and underlined that India has every right to use nuclear technology in meeting the requirements of electrical energy. “Sri Lanka has not brought up the issue of the safety of Kudankulam Nuclear …
The Centre today said power production from the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project would commence in two months as 99 per cent of its works are over. Talking to reporters here, the Minister of State in the PMO Mr V Narayanasamy said, “1000 MW of power could …
Book: The politics of climate change and the global crisis: mortgaging our future, by Praful Bidwai, Orient Blackswan, Rs 750. Ever since climate change and its probable effects on earth became common knowledge, much has been written about the topic. The world has been riveted by various climate change negotiations …
