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 …
Farmers in Haryana have stepped up their campaign against the setting up of the Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant in the Fatehabad district of the state. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has earmarked over 628 hectares of land to set up a 2,800-MW power plant which will use …
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has launched an awareness campaign to drive home the point that there is no risk of explosion associated with a nuclear power plant. This comes in the wake of Nuclear Power Corpo-ration of India Limited’s plans to set up 20 mega-nuclear power plants in the …
Aryadan says it is a Central power generating station Minister for Electricity Aryadan Mohammed has said that Tamil Nadu has no right to demand the entire quantity of power to be generated at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP). He was reacting to reports stating that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister …
Fatehabad: Haryana Janhit Congress supremo and Hisar MP Kuldeep Bishnoi today rubbished allegations that his father and former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal had ever sought nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Bishnoi was reacting to Congress leader Sampat Singh’s accusation that Bhajan Lal was the first Chief Minister to …
The agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear plant has lost its intensity and sense of direction following the withdrawal of an indefinite fast, a move forced on the protesters after the Tamil Nadu government withdrew its tacit support to them. The indefinite fast at Idinthakarai had seen mass participation but on …
New Delhi: A letter from the office of India’s Central Information Commission to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently raises serious concerns over two proposals to amend the Right to Information Act through the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) Bill 2011, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha last September. The …
Japan's defenses against a major tsunami and the safety of its nuclear plants were thrown into further doubt after two official studies predicted much higher waves could hit and that Tokyo quake damage could be bigger than it was prepared for. The reports, carried in the media over the weekend, …
A year on from Fukushima, Japan is only gradually setting a course for renewable energies. Strong resistance from the nuclear lobby, inadequate infrastructure, and a lack of reforms in the energy market are hampering progress.
Fatehabad, March 30: Voices against the proposed nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad grew louder today as farmers from 29 villages held a demonstration and demanded shifting of the project from here. Leaders of all major opposition parties of the state, including the INLD, HJC, BJP and the CPM, …
CHENNAI: After giving green signal to the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today demanded that the entire 2000 MW power to be generated by its two units be given to the state in view of the "severe power shortage." In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan …
The Tamil Nadu Government has asked the Centre to allocate the entire power from the proposed Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to the State. The Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, has written to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to allocate the entire 2,000 MW from the plant. Tamil Nadu’s share …
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4 to 1 on Friday to approve a plan to build two reactors at a power plant in South Carolina, the second nuclear plant construction permit to be in granted less than two months after a 34-year hiatus. The Scana Corporation plans to build the …
The Cabinet on Thursday approved the draft of the 'Bangladesh Atomic Energy Control Act, 2012' with provisions for constituting a separate regulator for the country's first-ever nuclear power plant at Rooppur, Pabna. The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the cabinet held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday explored the possibility of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) to maximise the trade potential between the two countries, sources said. Sources said the proposal regarding the CECA between India and the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus …
World's fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon, along with China's CGN Wind Energy Co, will jointly develop 800 MW of domestic and international projects over the next three years. Suzlon group has entered into a global strategic partnership agreement for this with CGN Wind Energy Co, wholly owned subsidiary of …
TIRUNELVELI: A day after leaders of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) called off their indefinite fast, anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Project (KKNPP) protestors started a relay fast at Idinthakarai on Wednesday. After the government gave its nod to commence work at the Plant on March 19, 13 persons, …
Days after her Government’s green signal to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, today said that the plant is expected to commence production in two months. “The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is expected to commence production in two months,” she said in the State …
One of Japan`s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool its fuel, according to an internal examination that reinforces doubts about the plant`s stability. A tool equipped with a tiny video camera, a thermometer, a dosimeter and a water gauge was used …
In a huge blow to U.K. government plans to develop new nuclear power, German utilities E.ON AG and RWE AG said Thursday they were scrapping their plans in the U.K. and are seeking a buyer for their Horizon nuclear joint venture. RWE cited the global economic crisis, which has made …
As per the Electricity Act, 2003, CEA is to prepare the National Electricity Plan (NEP) once in five years. The Act stipulates that CEA, while preparing the NEP, shall publish the draft of the same and invite suggestions and objections thereon from licensees, generating companies and the public. Thereafter, the …
