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Japan began a recess from nuclear-generated electricity, its first in more than four decades, after its sole operating power reactor was halted for scheduled maintenance last night. Hokkaido Electric Power Co's Tomari No 3 reactor in northern Japan stopped generating electricity yesterday, and fission ceased this morning, said Satoshi Takada, …
Maverlikkara (Kerala) Lok Sabha Member Kodikkunnil Suresh has sought allocation of 226 MW of power, which is Kerala's share, from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP), whose first unit of 1000 MW will be commissioned in the next few days. Raising the issue during the zero hour in the House …
Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors on Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. Japan will be without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four decades when the …
Barring an unexpected turnaround, Japan this weekend will become a nuclear-free nation for the first time in more than four decades, at least temporarily. Japan’s leaders have made increasingly desperate attempts in recent months to avoid just such a scenario, trying to restart plants shut for routine maintenance and kept …
Even as the protest against the commissioning of the nuclear power project at Koodankulam was revived by the local people on Tuesday, the plant is set to have a new chief, a senior engineer who grew up in the same district. R S Sundar, presently the station director of units …
“PIO failed to explain reasons for withholding the reports” The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to host in its website before May 30 the Safety Analysis Report, Site Evaluation Report and Environmental Impact Assessment Report regarding the two reactors to be …
The Centre is considering Tamil Nadu's demand for 100 per cent allocation of electricity generated by the two 1,000 MW units at Koodankulam nuclear power project. Minister of State in PMO V Narayansamy told the Lok Sabha that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had written to Prime Minister Manmohan …
New Delhi: Reports relating to safety, site evaluation and environmental impact assessment of the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant should be made public, the Central Information Commission has said. The commission, however, allowed certain portions that have been exempted from disclosure under the RTI Act to be kept a secret. …
Two sides decide to reopen talks on civil nuclear agreement Japan on Monday asked India to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) even as the two sides decided to reopen talks on a bilateral civil nuclear agreement. During the sixth Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue here, the two sides agreed to …
MUMBAI: Now, India can build cheaper nuclear reactors, than even South Korea. Talking to TOI on the eve of his retirement, Dr Srikumar Banerjee, secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), said India can now manufacture nuclear reactors at $1,700 per unit. Come May, Banerjee will make way for …
A public hearing for granting environment clearance to the upcoming 4 X 700 MW Haryana Atomic Power Project will be held at Gorakhpur in Haryana on July 17, 2012. Read and share this EIA report of the project. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is intended to setup …
A team of nearly 2,000 Indian and Russian engineers are working round-the-clock to commission the Koodankulam nuclear project’s first 1,000 MWe reactor unit in a tightly compressed time schedule of slightly over a month. The final inspection of the equipment at the first unit is in advanced stages and the …
Hopes to begin generation by June or early July The Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), which is working on a war-footing for the commissioning of first phase (1,000-Mw) of Kudankulam nuclear project, has achieved yet another milestone. The state-run entity responsible for the generation of nuclear power for electricity has completed …
Energy-poor Jordan said on Sunday a Russian firm and a French-Japanese consortium are to compete to build the kingdom’s first nuclear plant. “Following a thorough examination, the offers provided by Russia’s Atomstroyexport and a consortium by France’s Areva and Japan’s Mitsubishi were the best proposals that meet Jordan’s requirements,” Atomic …
Responding to chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s repeated demand for 100 per cent allocation of power from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), Atomic Energy Commission chairman, Sreekumar Banerjee and NPCIL chairman, S.K. Jain assured at a joint press conference on Thursday that they would recommend an increase in Tamil Nadu’s …
The Kudankulam nuclear project is both viable and eco-friendly, said Daniel Chellappa, senior scientist, Advanced Nuclear Fuels, Department of Atomic Energy, here on Thursday. Delivering a lecture on ‘Kudankulam nuke project: safe and eco-friendly' organised by the Rotary Clubs of Tiruchi Fort, Tiruchi Midtown and Tiruchi Rockcity, he said that …
TIRUNELVELI: The second unit of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Project (KKNPP) may become operational by year-end, hinted Atomic Energy Commission chairman and Department of Atomic Energy secretary Srikumar Banerjee. Banerjee, who addressed presspersons along with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) managing director S K Jain at the …
With the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant all set to commence power generation, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded that the entire power produced from it be given to the state. "Now I understand that nuclear fuel loading is going to take place in …
Reiterating her demand that the entire electricity generated from the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant should be allocated to power-starved Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa shot off another letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. The reminder came at a time when authorities are gearing up to load nuclear …
