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 …

Five-year plan to strengthen nuclear power in SL

The government is looking forward to implementing a five - year plan to strengthen all sections in the country with nuclear power, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. The Atomic Energy Authority Act of 1969 has been replaced to facilitate this. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Council will address …

Renewables Boom Could Strain Germany's Grid

An uncontrolled renewable power expansion in Germany could threaten the stability of energy grids, the head of energy agency Dena told Reuters on Wednesday. Failure to connect new capacity near demand centers or near transport grids or storage facilities would waste assets or put at risk the grids' stability, said …

Indias non-proliferation record is impeccable: Rao

New Delhi: As the disquiet over fresh NSG guidelines on transfer of ENR technology to NPT non-signatories grows further, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao emphasized India

Etrenched Interests Mine Field: China Eyes Gilgits Uranium

Chinese mining companies make inroads into mineral-rich region, aided and abetted by the ruling dispensation, even as locals continue to resist neighbour

Tepco gets to keep nuclear plants

The utility at the heart of Japan's atomic crisis, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), won institutional shareholder backing on Tuesday to keep its reactors in the face of anger from rank-and-file stockholders seeking an end to nuclear energy. A motion filed at the utility's annual general meeting would have forced …

Australia may lift ban on export of uranium to India: report

In a bid to strengthen bilateral ties, Australian government could review and lift the long standing ban on uranium export to India later this year, a media report said on Thursday.

US bids to get India into club of N-suppliers

NPT Clause May Be Ignored New Delhi: The United States has proposed that adherence to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) not be a

Tritium leaks found at many nuke sites

Radioactive element leaked from at least 48 of 65 US commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of US commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an AP investigation shows. The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, …

Nuclear Lobby To Challenge German Exit Plan: Report

Germany's nuclear lobby is mulling plans to take the German government to constitutional court, to halt the country's nuclear exit and seek billions in damages, the online edition of Der Spiegel said on Sunday. A legal opinion commissioned by utility E.On has concluded that the German government's plan to exit …

Kovvada n-plant to be safe

After the recent explosion at the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan, authorities are cautious about new nuclear power plants. The proposed 9,000 MW Kovvada Nuclear Power Project has been designed in such a way so as to fight against natural and man-made disasters, by following various principles of nature. It …

BARC sets up virtual nuclear data physics centre

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has set up a 'virtual' nuclear data physics centre to enable greater visibility of India's research in this area at the global platform. Department of atomic energy and Board of Research in Nuclear Science of the government of India have already sanctioned funds for three years …

Canada to ratify nuke treaty with India soon

Canada today said it was hopeful of ratifying the India-Canada civil-nuclear treaty soon and signing a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by 2013 to give an impetus to trade and economic ties.

Nuclear Plant, Left for Dead, Shows a Pulse

Spider webs line the 50-story cooling towers, parts have been amputated for the scrap value of their nickel or copper, and the control room still has analog dials at Bellefonte 1, a half-built nuclear plant here that was shelved 23 years ago. Residents say the reactor will benefit the local …

EU Climate Chief Confronts Riddle Of Deeper CO2 Cut

The European Union can still deepen planned cuts to greenhouse gases beyond 20 percent, but the task is complex and has not been helped by controversy over nuclear power, the EU's climate chief said on Wednesday. Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is planning to reveal new research in July on the …

India's N-plan worries Lanka, seeks help for radiation safety

Nuclear plantA shock in Fukushima, Japan, was causing fear waves across the world and now even in Sri Lanka, which has no nuclear reactors at all. Concerned over the nuclear programmes in South India, Sri Lanka has sought India

US moves to get India into 3 exclusive n-clubs

Last week, the United States formally approached three export control regimes, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Australia Group, to induct India as a full member of these groups. This comes alongside India

Swiss leaders OK N-power phase out

Swiss lawmakers have approved a governmentbacked proposal to phase out the use of nuclear power. A majority of parliamentarians in Switzerland

G-8 Energy Ministers Pledge Support for Stricter Nuclear Safety Tests

International energy ministers and officials of nuclear agencies pledged support Tuesday for a global push to improve safety tests at nuclear power plants. The pledge emerged from a meeting in Paris that also highlighted divergent national approaches to the sector following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. …

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