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. …
Japanese workers entered the No.1 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Thursday for the first time since a hydrogen explosion ripped off its roof a day after a devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. High radiation levels inside the building have prevented staff from entering to …
Criticising the staunch opposition to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project, Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar today said that development activities cannot be stopped in fear of natural calamities. "One has to see how to overcome natural calamities. It is wrong to stop forces of development. We have not stopped …
For the first time in more than 30 years, the construction of new nuclear power plants is under way in the United States despite the ongoing nuclear crisis at Fukushima in Japan. U.S. regulators are expected to approve of four new reactors later this year, but analysts at Standard & …
Maharashtra government has informed Bombay high court that it has initiated criminal prosecution against two activists, including a retired high court judge, protesting against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant for violating restrain orders. The high court is hearing a petition filed by the retired judge BG Kolse Patil and …
Parties like the INLD and the HJC of Kuldeep Bishnoi, which are opposing the Fatehabad nuclear power plant, must be having their own reasons to do so. However, the fact remains that their patrons demanded this plant whenever they were in power. In that way, one can say, there is
The European Commission expects to present a "strong draft" for stress testing the 27-member bloc's nuclear power plants, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Tuesday. European leaders agreed in March to set the "highest standards" of nuclear safety, in part by subjecting reactors to stress tests, to guard against …
The Senate may vote on bills this month to promote clean energy and small nuclear reactors, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday. Congress and the White House are under pressure to fight soaring fuel costs, which are cutting into consumer spending and threatening an economic recovery. Reid acknowledged …
Workers at Japan's crippled nuclear plant began putting up equipment on Tuesday to allow the start of repairs to its cooling systems, key to bringing reactors under control after they were badly damaged in the March 11 quake and tsunami. Soldiers moved to within 10 km (6 miles) of the …
HARIPUR (East Midnapore), 30 APRIL: The decision to set up a nuclear power plant at Haripur took a significant turn as thousands of fishermen and local residents raised their voice in protest against any government move to acquire land in the area. Amid this situation, together with other parts of …
Tepco said the medical support worker in her 40s had been exposed to 7.49 millisieverts of radiation over three months, against the legal limit of five millisieverts 2nd woman exposed to radiation at Japan plant A second female worker has been exposed to radiation exceeding the legal limit at a …
Indian policy-makers continue to vouch for nuclear energy after the Fukushima tragedy.Officials from the nuclear establishment claim that India’s nuclear reactors are safe from catastrophic accidents because they have “defence-in-depth”—multiple protective systems all of which have to fail before a radioactive release occurs.
Jaitapur n-plant will put the extremely rich bio-diversity area to great risk and destroy environment, warn activists Activists who took part in a national anti-nuclear plant yatra from Tarapur, the site of the country's oldest nuclear reactor, to Jaitapur earlier this week have taken strong exception to the Union Government's …
The problems associated with the accidents at the Fukushima nuclear reactors continue, weeks after an earthquake and a tsunami struck Japan. On March 27, Japanese officials announced that leaked water sampled from one unit was highly radioactive, exposure to which would cause severe radiation sickness in hours. Estimates of releases …
IT is the massive destruction caused by the recent accident -caused by an earthquake and tsunami of unsurpassed and unanticipated magnitude -at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan that provided the primary level of education on various aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear technology for most Indians, rather than …
JAIPUR: To draw attention to the ill-effects of nuclear plants on human lives and the eco-system, a group of social activists on Wednesday visited Pink City to garner support against nuclear power in India. Scientist Soumya Dutta and member of the National Anti-Nuclear Plant Yatra warned the people of Rajasthan …
A day after refusing to stop work on the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), government managers said new compensation package worth approximately Rs 400 crore was in the works. This includes individual payouts of up to Rs 10 lakh per acre to affected families, besides targetted infrastructure projects for community …
Even though the Haryana government has initiated the process of setting up a second nuclear power plant in the state, it is facing stiff opposition from a section of farmers whose land is to be acquired for the first nuclear plant in Fatehabad. The notification for the acquisition of over …
Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd will explore bolstering ties over Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as Hitachi looks to win a multibillion dollar contract to scrap its damaged reactors. Hitachi and rival Toshiba Corp each submitted separate proposals for the long-term decommissioning of the hobbled nuclear …
