Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
With the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project likely to be commissioned in August, Russia has agreed to extend a $3.4-billion credit for setting up two more 1,000-MW atomic power plants at the same site in Tamil Nadu. The two nations signed a protocol on Tuesday in Moscow for financing units 3 …
An open forum convened by the Haryana government at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district, the venue of proposed nuclear plant in the state, ended abruptly on Tuesday after leaders of opposition parties joined the farmers in their protest against the venture. The public hearing, which was expected to continue for …
India and the Russian Federation today signed a protocol for funding two new units at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu. Russia will extend an export credit of $3,400 million to Russian organisations to help build the units. The credit will comprise 85 per cent of the value …
This video shows the public hearing for environmental clearance of the proposed 2800 MW nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on 17 July, 2012 at Sahid-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Stadium in Gorakhpur, Fatehabad, Haryana. See also Environmental impact assessment report …
Tens of thousands of people rallied Monday in Tokyo demanding an end to nuclear power, the latest in a series of demonstrations to erupt since the triple-meltdown disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Under scorching sunshine on a national holiday, demonstrators marched through the streets around Yoyogi Park …
Abu Dhabi's environment agency has approved plans for the United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power plant, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) said on Sunday, adding that it is still awaiting a construction license. The no objection certificate from the environmental regulator is one of several approvals needed for construction …
There appears to be considerable opposition from the local population to the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) proposed to be set up at Rawatbhata near Kota in Rajasthan. The complex, with an envisaged capacity of 500 tonnes fuel a year, is to cater to the four PHWR (Pressurized heavy water reactors) …
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on the Centre’s reported plans of using psychiatrists to counsel activists protesting against the 1,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. The NHRC termed it “a check on the freedom of …
A fact-finding team of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has concluded that the no offsite emergency preparedness exercise was held for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP), and that the Tirunelveli district administration’s claim that such a drill was successfully done was untrue. PUCL national secretary V. Suresh …
A plan to burn Britain's radioactive nuclear waste as fuel in a next-generation reactor moved a step closer to reality on Monday when GE-Hitachi submitted a thousand-page feasibility report to the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The UK has a large stockpile – around 100 tonnes – of plutonium waste. …
After the prolonged agitation against the Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu, which is therefore behind schedule, Nuclear Power Corporation says it is trying to reach out to people to allay their apprehensions. The government had in October 2009 given in-principle approval to develop new projects at Kovvada in Andhra (3,000 …
Point out volatility in power generation from windmills With power generation from windmills remaining volatile, trade and industry bodies in the region are calling for expeditious commissioning of Rs.14,000-crore Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP). The first unit of the nuclear plant will generate 1,000 MW and a second unit with …
Tokyo: The nuclear accident at Fukushima was a manmade disaster rooted in government-industry collusion and the worst conformist conventions of Japanese culture, a high-level parliamentary inquiry concluded on Thursday, in a report that also warned that the plant may not have stood up to earthquake damage — a worrying concern …
Dhaka, 5 July: India was forced to go nuclear and develop ballistic missiles to strike a balance of power in the region as “big nations” around the country were armed with atomic weapons, former President A P J Abdul Kalam said today. “You see, big nations around India have had …
Japan ended two months without nuclear power on Thursday when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to the grid since a nationwide safety shutdown after the Fukushima disaster. Japan's last working reactor was idled in early May, …
The nuclear accident at Fukushima last year was a “man-made disaster” and not only due to the tsunami, a Japanese parliamentary panel said today in its final report on the catastrophe. “Government, regulatory authorities and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) lacked a sense of responsibility to protect people’s lives and …
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2012 provides a global overview of current status of nuclear power and also compares development pattern of renewable energy with the nuclear power. Twenty years after its first edition, World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2012 portrays an industry suffering from the cumulative impacts of …
Read Environment Impact Assessment of nuclear fuel complex proposed at Rawatbhata, Rajasthan. This project was opposed at the public hearing organized on 11 July 2012 by the Department of Atomic Energy and NPCIL. The Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), one of the major industrial units of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), …
Two workers at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station in Rajasthan have suffered exposure to high doses of radioactive tritium and are under observation. The incident took place on June 23 at Unit 5 of the plant during routine maintenance work."There was no abnormal release of radioactivity to the environment," Nalinish …
The State-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) clarified here on Friday that all nuclear power reactors at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) were “safe” and that there was no radioactive leakage from any of the units. Denying reports that two workers had been taken into observation after …
