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 Centre is in regular touch with Tamil Nadu government to solve the stalemate at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said here on Sunday. Addressing a press conference here, he said top scientists are pursuing the issues with the Tamil …
India is unable to effectively harness its renewable energy resources, even though it is facing mounting pressure to contain its emissions. This is unfortunate given that the country has only limited tools to cut emissions. India’s greenhouse emissions are rising due to an increase in energy consumption, a function of …
Rebuttal by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy soon The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Sunday slammed the report of the Government-appointed expert committee on Kudankulam as being extremely flawed, premised on obsolete demographic data and opaque on the risks from sub-volcanic activity near the site or health impact …
CHENNAI: The anti-nuclear protest that has stalled the commissioning of the multi-crore nuclear plant at Kudankulam entered the 100th day on Thursday. The protestors from Tamil Nadu's southern-most districts, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin, held an inter-religious prayer meeting at the plant site. The plant staff, including the engineers from Russia, …
European stress tests on nuclear power plants are still preliminary but have the potential to evolve into clear, objective standards valid for years to come, Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said. Green groups and politicians have strongly criticised the EU's response to Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster earlier this year, saying they …
A nuclear-powered rover as big as a compact car is set to begin a nine-month journey to Mars this weekend to learn if the planet is or ever was suitable for life. The launch of NASA's $2.5 billion (1.6 billion pound) Mars Science Laboratory aboard an unmanned United Launch Alliance …
Mr V. Narayanasamy, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, said he expects a breakthrough in the impasse over the Koodankulam nuclear power project. “The talks are on… We are hopeful of a solution soon,” he said at the sidelines of a conference here on Wednesday. Earlier in …
The nuclear radiation detected in some parts of Europe that were earlier supposed to be coming from Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp), might have emitted from Hungry, according to the information received by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA). Well-placed sources told Business Recorder …
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy on Wednesday briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the situation in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where an agitation is on against the commissioning of the nuclear power plant. Later speaking to journalists, Mr. Narayanasamy expressed hope that the stalemate would …
In the backdrop of protests on Kundankuam nuclear power plant, a top Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) official is delivering a public lecture on ‘nuclear literacy' at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute campus in Karaikudi on November 29. This programme is a part of the free science mela being organised …
Protest against nuclear plant on World Fisheries Day Cases have been registered against anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) struggle committee convener S.P. Udhayakumar and 2,000 others for trespassing into the premises of the nuclear power project from sea on Monday. The protesters had announced that the fishermen, as part of …
Australia's Opposition parties today questioned Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plans to reverse a ban on uranium exports to India and her snubbing of foreign minister Mr Kevin Rudd on the matter. The Opposition raised the issue during question time in parliament, asking both Ms Gillard and Mr Rudd to speak …
The former foreign secretary and the Prime Minister’s special envoy on climate change, Mr Shyam Saran, said that India need not have to revise its nuclear plans in the aftermath of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. “If there is no nuclear power, you will have to …
Component and other input suppIiers to Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), the government-owned generator of atomic energy, have indicated inability to enter into any new contract till they’re clear on the implications of the new rules on liability. The new rules on civil nuclear liability were issued on Wednesday. The suppliers …
The Project Location: Koodankulam is located in Tirunelveli district, on Tamil Nadu’s southern tip Number of reactors in Phase 1: Two reactors, of 1,000 MW each Reactor profile: Pressurised water kind, or VVER. The Russian abbreviation stands for water-cooled, water-moderated energy reactor. Accord for the plant: Signed between India and …
The second meeting of the experts committees formed by the central and the Tamil Nadu governments to allay fears about the Koodamkulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu ended in a stalemate on Friday, said a leader of the anti-project protesters. "Members of the experts panel appointed by the …
Any more fears not based on scientific principles, says member The reactors of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project having state-of-the-art safety features are the safest, the Central panel of experts has certified. Explaining the features of the KKNPP's 1,000 MWe VVER reactors, the panel's convener A. E. Muthunayagam, an oceanography …
The Obama administration plans to impose a new round of sanctions against Iran’s petrochemical industry, a Western official briefed on the plans said Friday, less than two weeks after a United Nations report published evidence that the Iranian government was working on a nuclear weapon. The sanctions, expected to be …
The Obama administration pressed Iran to account for a discrepancy of nearly 20 kilograms in its reporting to the United Nations' nuclear agency on how much natural uranium metal it has in its stockpile. U.S. diplomats told a quarterly gathering Friday of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board that …
The Australian Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard, today made it clear that she would take forward her proposal to lift ban on uranium sale to India as she met Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, here. Dr Singh and Ms Gillard, who are here to attend the Asean and East Asia …
