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 …
Britain is to push on with its nuclear plant building plans and let existing reactors run as normal, the government said on Wednesday after its nuclear watchdog dismissed fears of a Fukushima-like disaster in the UK. Britain's position contrasts with Japan, Germany and Italy which are re-thinking their nuclear plans …
Nuclear inspector Weightman said the causes of the Japan N-accident are far beyond the most extreme events the UK could expect to experience. Nuclear reactors in May 18: Nuclear reactors in the UK have a strong safety culture and do not need to make immediate safety improvements, the nuclear watchdog …
In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, power shortages have forced one of the world's most energy-efficient countries to make do with even less. That may become the norm after Prime Minister Naoto Kan last week shelved a 2010 goal to build 14 nuclear reactors over the next 20 years.
Fukushima: Residents in Kawamata and Iitate began leaving their homes today after their living areas were included in an evacuation radius the government widened last month around the radiation-leaking Fukushima nuclear power plant. Kawamata Mayor Michio Furukawa met with some 50 residents in the first group of evacuees telling them:
The green signal to the 9,900-MW Jaitapur reactor has wider implicationsIt has been in the eye of the storm almost ever since it was conceived. Last week, the government gave the go-ahead to the 9,900 MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Once completed, it would …
A group of over 25 scientists, bureaucrats and activists released a statement on April 19, demanding transparency in India’s nuclear power programme. The statement was released a day after a clash between policemen and those protesting the proposed nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. One person was killed and …
Bill for independent regulatory authority in monsoon session of Parliament The Central government is set to form an independent regulatory authority, which will be responsible for nuclear safety and enforcement of safety standards. A bill to that effect will be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament this year, Union …
Iran has started the nuclear reaction at its Bushehr power plant, the Russian company that built the reactor said in a statement on Tuesday that indicated Iran is close to wrapping up work on the site that has dragged on for more than three decades. The German company Siemens abandoned …
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday promised a radical review of the total energy policy. The aim was to set right the distortion of a heavy reliance on nuclear power generation, he indicated at a press conference in Tokyo. Mr. Kan said:
The nuclear power plant project at Jaitapur may have cleared the ground but has run into a hurdle with the finance ministry refusing to provide a blanket guarantee to the project funding. The Budget division of the ministry has informed Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) that the government would not …
A Japanese nuclear power plant has decided to halt its operations in a potentially unstable seismic zone. The Chubu Electric Power Company (CEPC) made the critical decision on Monday following Prime Minister Naoto Kan's intervention late last week. Mr. Kan had cited a scientific forecast about the
Japan remains committed to nuclear power despite the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Prime Minister Naoto Kan indicated Sunday, as workers moved closer to repairing the crippled plant by opening the doors of a damaged reactor building. Japan's Prime Minister reaffirmed the country's commitment to nuclear energy …
A Japanese power company is leaning towards closing its only nuclear plant as requested by the Prime Minister, the local media said on Sunday, as power cuts loom in the aftermath of an earthquake and tsunami that crippled another plant in the north. Chubu Electric Power Co could make the …
Since nuclear and biofuel extract environmental cost, renewable energy is our best green bet Recently, ET organised a workshop, Energy India 2011: Energy security, climate change and economic development, where it was stressed, inter-alia, that our government is facing tough challenges in meeting energy requirements in an environmentally-sustainable manner. This …
