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. …
Shouting antinuclear slogans and beating drums, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the Japanese prime minister’s residence on Friday in the largest display yet of public anger at the government’s decision to restart a nuclear power plant. Protesters shouted, "No to restart!" as they held up banners …
The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Tirunelveli Collector to file a report on offshore emergency preparedness training at Nakkaneri in relation to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP). A specially-constituted Division Bench of Justices P. Jyothimani and M. Duraiswamy, which is hearing a batch of writ petitions for …
The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to set up an early warning system in the country to detect a nuclear disaster in the event of a nuclear accident. Following India's decision to expand the Kudankulam nuclear plant on the South Indian coast, the Sri Lankan government has expressed concerns …
TEPCO, the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, said Wednesday record amounts of radiation had been detected in the basement of reactor number 1, further hampering clean-up operations. TEPCO took samples from the basement after lowering a camera and surveying instruments through a drain hole in the basement ceiling. …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board would issue consent for the operation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) only after the conditions stipulated are complied with. It submitted this in its counter before the Madras High Court on Tuesday to a writ petition by Fisherman Care, praying the court …
Tokyo: Two seismologists said on Tuesday that Japan is ignoring the safety lessons of last year’s Fukushima crisis and warned against restarting two reactors next month. Japan has approved the restart of the two reactors at the Kansai Electric Power Ohi nuclear plant, northwest of Tokyo, despite mass public opposition. …
The Union government on Thursday furnished copies of agreements between India and the erstwhile USSR, and Russia, relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). On June 18, a Division Bench comprising Justices P.Jyothimani and M.Duraiswamy asked Additional Solicitor-General M.Ravindran to furnish copies of the agreements. The Bench was hearing …
On Board PM's Special Aircraft: The new French President Francois Hollande has pledged to continue France's strategic partnership with India with same vigour as his predecessors Jacques Chirac and Nikolas Sarkozy who belonged to rival parties. Hollande expressed this sentiment during his first meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) today released funds for distribution of award money among farmers for the land acquired for a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Deputy Commissioner ML Kaushik said NPCIL had released the Rs 460-crore compensation. Kaushik said the money would be disbursed among …
India hopes to clinch later this year a deal with France for multiple nuclear energy units at Jaitapur in Maharashtra to produce 9,900 MW of power. "Negotiations are going on and are progressing well. We hope to seal the deal later this year," official sources said referring to the proposed …
JAIPUR: The two under-construction power generating units and the proposed Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in Rawatbhata have raked up a major controversy with locals claiming that these power units are being set up without the necessary safety measures. The locals, supported by the …
Japan ordered nuclear reactors back online Saturday, defying public sentiment against atomic power following last year's meltdowns at Fukushima sparked by the quake-tsunami, reports said. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, seeking to head off a summer energy crunch, told Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) to re-fire two idled reactors at its Oi …
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the two largest opposition parties reached a final agreement Thursday on a bill to set up new bodies that will be in charge of the nation's nuclear safety administration, replacing the existing Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. The DPJ, the Liberal Democratic Party …
The government on Thursday started a campaign to build support for the scheduled move from incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs to LED bulbs by 2020. The campaign, spearheaded by the Environment Minister, is designed to raise public awareness for replacing incandescent and fluorescent lighting with more energy efficient LED lighting …
US firm Westinghouse Electric and the NPCIL on Wednesday signed a preliminary pact for an Early Works Agreement (EWA) for installation of the first 1,000 MW American nuclear reactor in India under the historic 2008 Indo-US civil nuclear deal. The announcement of the signing of the MoU, which represents a …
Chennai, 12 June: Asserting that the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) belonged to the “highest safety category” of plants currently in operation in the world, the Centre today sought dismissal of petitions in Madras High Court against the Rs 14,000 crore Indo-Russian project. In a joint counter-affidavit to a batch …
Says it is well protected from tsunami or other natural disasters The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is well protected from tsunami or other natural disasters, the Centre submitted before the Madras High Court on Tuesday. It made the submission while the First Bench of Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice …
Fifty per cent of the power generated at the proposed units 5 and 6 in the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant - of 700 megawatt (MW) each - would be supplied to the State, J P Gupta, the station director, has said. He told mediapersons on Monday that the Centre had …
Westerly winds have started blowing in the district With the setting of the much awaited westerly winds, sweltering heat and power cuts have almost vanished to a great extent in Tirunelveli and the neighbouring Kanyakumari district. The giant metallic turbine blades of nearly 3,000 windmills of Muppandal have started rotating …
The majority of planned nuclear power closures globally are forecast to take place in Europe, with 150 plants in line for closure by 2030. That's the conclusion of a new report by energy intelligence provider GlobalData, which revealed that Europe accounts for 69% of the 200 closures globally. In contrast, …
