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Bangladesh and Russia on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement on the installation of Bangladesh Nuclear Power Plant. Under the deal, two units of the first-ever nuclear power plant (NPP) with capacity of each 1000 MW electricity will be set up at Rooppur in northwestern Pabna district. In presence of Prime …
Workers were evacuated from a unit at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California on Tuesday after an ammonia leak, but the incident posed no threat to the public, officials said. Liquid ammonia began leaking from a storage tank at about 3 p.m. local time, prompting an alert, Nuclear …
Japan was due to restart its first nuclear reactor on Tuesday after the Fukushima disaster in March, a symbolically important first step before dozens of idled reactors can be brought back online. However, hopes for confidence in the sector were hit early Wednesday morning when Tokyo Electric Power warned that …
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, …
Bangladesh is set to ink a landmark deal with Russia today finalizing arrangements to install the country's first ever nuclear power plant (NPP) to produce 2,000 megawatt electricity in northwestern Rooppur. "This is a landmark event for us . . . this will greatly help us to meet our energy …
India today said that it attaches “the highest priority” to the safety of its nuclear plants and will invite experts from the IAEA to assist it in reviewing and enhancing their operational safety performance. “Our nuclear safety track record has been impeccable over 345 reactor years of operation but we …
Despite the Fukushima crisis, the number of nuclear reactors in the world will steadily rise in the coming decades, with the most growth happening in countries like India and China who need to meet their growing energy demands, the international atomic watchdog estimates. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General, …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has extended the moratorium imposed on projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra till December. In a notification issued last week, MoEF advisor Nalini Bhat said the moratorium had been extended because the ministry had received the report of the Western Ghat …
New Delhi After a short period of lenience in allowing coal mining in “no-go” forest areas, the environment ministry has decided to impose stringent penalties on violators. In a significant move, the ministry has categorised non-compliance with the environment clearance (EC) conditions as ‘serious’ and ‘not-so-serious’ across 27 sectors and …
Tamil Nadu has sent out a stern message to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), saying it must respect a recent state government resolution that asked the Centre to stop the work at the controversial Kudankulam project in the southern state. Further, the district administration of down-state Tirunelveli, under which Kudankulam …
CHENNAI: In a bid to highlight the need for a safe planet that now has seven billion people, about 40 babies will Tuesday fast for an hour as part of the continuing protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, an activist said. "While the world is celebrating …
Q&A;: En Dudkin, Head, Russian specialists, Kudankulam nuclear project En Dudkin Local resistance has meant denial of entry into Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam site for 130 Russian scientists and engineers who are in India since 2002, developing the nuclear project. En Dudkin, head of the Russian specialists group, tells Sanjay Jog …
Japanese officials in towns around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant reacted guardedly to plans announced on Saturday to build facilities to store radioactive waste from the clean-up around the plant within three years. Saturday's announcement, seven months after the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years, came as towns near …
It is not a car factory where you can switch off the systems: NPCIL chairman The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) ran the risk of being seriously damaged with blockades creating a major impediment in ensuring that the plant systems functioned at a minimal level, scientists warned on Friday. “In …
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49% stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "We are in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power plant. NPCIL …
Foreign activists are playing a major role in the protests against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, which was scheduled to go critical in the next two months, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) chief S K Jain said on Friday. The project, comprising two units of advanced …
Foreign environmental activists have joined hands with locals opposing the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project (KAPP), alleged Dr S. K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. He claimed that the recent protest at the KAPP was supported by environmental activists from the US, Australia, France, …
State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "We’re in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power plant. …
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) yesterday asked Japan's government for a reported $13 billion to help pay compensation for the Fukushima nuclear disaster which was caused by a massive tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11. The company did not reveal the amount of cash it asked …
A top Russian nuclear constructor does not rule out delays in starting up the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in the face of continuing protests against the project. “I think talks are looming ahead on reviewing the start-up schedule,” said Alexander Glukhov, head of Atomstroiexport, the …
