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. …
Japan's nuclear power industry had never spent much time or money winning over the hearts and minds of people like Susumu Takahashi, a fisherman angling for small sweetfish from the serene shores of Lake Biwa, a world away from any nuclear reactor. But with the industry paralysed after last year's …
Britain's energy plans call for tapping Iceland's geothermal resources in a move that could rekindle talk of creating a "supergrid" for electricity linking the continent, UK, North Africa and Iceland. But experts say the project is too expensive and technically challenging to be feasible in the foreseeable future. "Interconnectors in …
AREVA Solar, an AREVA subsidiary, has been awarded a contract by Reliance Power to build a 250 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) in Rajasthan. AREVA said under the contract, it will build two 125 MW CSP plants using its Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology and will provide construction management …
Sri Lanka's Power and Energy Ministry is currently conducting a survey in the Mannar coastal area to determine the baseline radiation levels in the area. Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka told ColomboPage that the baseline survey is carried out in the coastal belt between Mannar and the Jaffna peninsula. …
In a measure to allay Sri Lanka's fears on the Kudankulam nuclear plant in India's Southern coast, India said today that the plant has high safety standards and a legal mechanism to deal with the trans-boundary liability issues. The Kudankulam plant in the state of Tamil Nadu, just 250 km …
With the Tamil Nadu government announcing a special Rs 500 crore package to be used to spruce infrastructure facilities in the villages around the nuclear power plant in Koodankulam, the panchayat presidents of villages around Kalpakkam — where a nuclear power station and related facilities are located — have raised …
Chennai: Sri Lanka’s stand on the upcoming Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu has triggered a volley of protests from pro-Tamil outfits, including some which had taken an anti-nuclear stand. If nothing, Colombo’s posturing by raising objections to nuclear installations on India’s southern coast could swing the mood in …
The Radhapuram panchayat union that encompasses Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on Tuesday thanked Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for having taken initiatives to ensure the early commissioning of the project in a bid to obliterate power cut prevailing across the State. A resolution was passed in the panchayat union council meeting held …
After Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat, the State-owned aluminium major Nalco is looking to set up another nuclear power plant, in collaboration with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). An NPCIL-Nalco joint venture is already executing unit 3 and 4 of Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) …
Japan’s government will announce soon its contingency plans for dealing with nuclear accidents to ease public concerns about restarting reactors closed since the Fukushima radiation crisis last year, Trade Minister Yukio Edano said on Tuesday. Contingency plans for Kansai Electric Power Co’s two reactors, which are at the most advanced …
The government will shortly make strong representations to the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA), at its technical sessions in September, over the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, situated 360 kilometres North of Tamil Nadu in Southern India, which could have deleterious effects on Sri Lanka in terms of radiation. Currently, a …
India has agreed to a public discussion with Sri Lanka on safety aspects of the nuclear plants being built in South India, reports in the local media said today. India wants to allay any Lankan fears on the issue, The Times of India quoted official sources as saying. The Indian …
Radioactive iodine was found in kelp off the US West Coast following last year’s earthquake-triggered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, according to a new study. It was already known that radioactive iodine 131 (131-I), carried in the atmosphere, made it across the Pacific within days of the March 11, 2011 tsunami …
For anyone interested in nuclear politics, Asia has been the focus from the beginning: since the time of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Everyone sat up and took notice of the power of the atom. Since then, there has been a mad scramble to harness it. And, almost always, countries have claimed …
Japan's government will announce soon its contingency plans for dealing with nuclear accidents to ease public concerns about restarting reactors closed since the Fukushima radiation crisis last year, Trade Minister Yukio Edano said on Tuesday. Contingency plans for Kansai Electric Power Co's two reactors, which are at the most advanced …
Sri Lanka today expressed concern over possible impact of radiation from India's nuclear power plants located in the southern region, as it prepares to raise the issue with global atomic watchdog IAEA. The official raising of concern with the International Atomic Energy is to be made in September, the Power …
After Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat, state-owned aluminium major Nalco is looking to set up another nuclear power plant in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). An NPCIL-Nalco joint venture is already executing unit 3 and 4 of Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat …
DMK President M Karunanidhi today slammed Sri Lanka for raking up the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project issue, saying India "will do what is required." The Kudankulam project was not something new and had been started many years ago and work on it is currently in progress, he said, adding it …
Nuclear India was conceived before independent India, and has undergone similar ups and downs in its development. Multiple conflicting opinions, controversies and secrecy have been its constant companions. The end result is that the common citizens of the country are not sure if nuclear power is good or bad for …
Energy-related engineering and manufacturing enterprise Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has approached the Tamil Nadu government to reconsider its decision on cancelling a joint venture (JV) for the Rs 8000-crore Udangudi power project in downstate Tuticorin. "We have written to the state government that we have enhanced our capacity to …
