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Highlighting the safety features of the Koodankulam nuclear plant, former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam today said even a Fukushima-like accident can be avoided in the coastal project in Tamil Nadu. "Koodankulam plant has installed 154 Hydrogen recombiners across the plant which can absorb any leaked hydrogen and prevent any structural …
Members of the 15-member committee constituted recently by the Centre to allay the fears of local people on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project will meet the six-member ‘expert panel' formed by the State, at the Collectorate here on Tuesday. The expert committee comprises District Collector R. Selvaraj, Superintendent of Police …
A Rs 200-crore 10-point action plan for development of the area around Koodankulam nuclear project was mooted by former President A P J Abdul Kalam as he appealed to people not to have even a ‘nano sized doubt over the power plant's safety. Creation of 10,000 jobs and building a …
The Communist Party of India has called for a fresh environment assessment to be carried out at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site and its vicinity. Justifying the need for such an assessment, D. Raja, CPI National Secretary, told journalists that the last such assessment, carried out prior to the …
It has state-of-the-art features, says former President The former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Sunday visited the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) and asserted that there was no need for any panic as it had state-of-the-art safety features. At the same time, Mr. Kalam made it clear that he had …
Former President’s support will boost Centre’s efforts to persuade protestors to lift blockade on nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has endorsed the safety net put in place at the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. Kalam’s support will give a major boost to …
Four-lane highways, a mega desalination plant, construction of houses, schools, hospitals as well as cold storages are amongst the suggestions to the central government made by former president A.P.J. Kalam for the development of Kudankulam and surrounding areas in Tamil Nadu. In a report, Kalam, who Sunday visited the Kudankulam …
Lending his support to the efforts to clear apprehensions on safety of the upcoming nuclear reactors at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu, former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said he was fully convinced that there was absolutely no reason for worry. Talking to reporters in Chennai after visiting the plant, Kalam …
The Centre’s expert committee, set up to allay the fears of locals over the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) will meet today. This will be the first time that the Centre’s 15-member expert panel is meeting after anti-KNPP activists announced setting up of a 21-member committee, comprising scientists and …
With the former President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, backing the Kudankulam nuclear project, the Janata Party president, Mr Subramanian Swamy, today demanded that the Tamil Nadu Government take action against those protesting against the atomic plant. He said the Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, must perform her “constitutional and statutory …
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Srikumar Banerjee on Friday expressed the hope that the Union government's committee of experts and the Tamil Nadu government's panel of its nominees and spokespersons of the Kudankulam area would hold their first meeting “as early as possible” to resolve the issue of agitation against …
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, on Friday sought to allay fears over the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, saying it was absolutely risk-free and designed to be safe from calamities including tsunami. Speaking on sustainable development and energy security during the 18th Foundation …
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has expanded its existing ‘scientific team' and constituted an ‘Expert Panel' with 21 members for inspecting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). “The proposed panel comprises noted scientists, engineers, doctors, environmentalists, columnists and advocates with the objectives of guiding the movement, educating the …
Personnel unable to enter plant: AEC chairman Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu has “halted” because the plant personnel are “unable to go inside” and this situation has arisen “when we need several thousands of people to work inside during the last phase of work” …
E.ON, Germany's largest utility by sales, will file a complaint with Germany's highest court claiming compensation for the country's nuclear exit, German paper Financial Times Deutschland reported. The company plans to file the complaint with the German constitutional court before the end of the year, the daily said, citing unidentified …
Nuclear fission by-products have been detected at one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the government said Wednesday, raising the possibility that some parts of the melted core may still be active. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that small amounts of Xenon-133 and 135, …
New Delhi: Even as India continues to negotiate ENR transfer with Russia without any result, Moscow is insisting that New Delhi cooperates to set up a reprocess-ing plant on Russian soil. Diplomatic sources told TOI that the proposal had been first made to India last year, but it has assumed …
The Democratic Front government is not happy with the Centre’s decision to extend the moratorium on important projects in coastal Konkan, arguing that it would stall the pace of development in the region. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has informed the state government about its decision to extend …
The small western-European country of Belgium currently has two commercial nuclear sites and a total of seven reactors. Nuclear energy accounts for over half of the nation's power consumption, a total of about 45 billion kilowatt-hours per year. Although typically quite fractured, Belgium's political parties have reached a consensus on …
The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it feared nuclear fission had resumed within one of its reactors despite a shutdown. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said it had begun injecting water and boric acid into Reactor No. 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, which began …
