Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
India confirmed on Wednesday that it was on track to seal a deal in 2016 with Westinghouse Electric to build six nuclear reactors, in a sign the country's $150 billion nuclear power programme is getting off the ground. India also said that it had a deal to build at least …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on Thursday to locate the world's first bank of low-enriched uranium (LEU) in the ex-Soviet nation to ensure fuel supplies for nuclear power stations and encourage nuclear non-proliferation. The bank, containing the raw material for making fuel for nuclear …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on nuclear fuel, 22/07/2015. Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research (AMD), a constituent Unit under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has carried out survey and exploration of Uranium resulting in establishing 2,25,936t in-situ U3O8 (1,91,594t U) reserves as of June, 2015. 21 nuclear power …
Setting the tone for India's stand on climate change ahead of multiple rounds of negotiations in the run-up to final Paris talks, PM Narendra Modi on Monday said the developed world should allow India to import nuclear fuel to produce clean energy instead of `lecturing' the country on low-carbon growth …
Nuclear power is a critical element in limiting greenhouse gas emissions, and a new Technology Roadmap co-authored by the IEA and the Nuclear Energy Agency outlines the next steps for growth in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan and the economic crisis and its effect on financing. …
Producing energy resources requires significant quantities of fresh water. As an energy sector changes or expands, the mix of technologies deployed to produce fuels and electricity determines the associated burden on regional water resources. Many reports have identified the water consumption of various energy production technologies. This paper synthesizes and …
Jamshedpur : After issuance of stoppage of mining activity orders to several iron ore mines in the state, including that of Tata Steel and SAIL, the Jharkhand mining and geology department has now issued suspension of mining activity order to Uranium Corporation of India’s (UCIL) best-ore Jadugoda mine, 20 km …
Say India gets yet another diversified source for uranium supply Experts are praising the civil nuclear deal to be signed on Friday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, saying it would help the country meet the ever-increasing demand of uranium supply for power plants. …
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Monday defended his agency's controversial move to consider processing spent nuclear fuel from Germany at South Carolina's Savannah River Site nuclear facility, saying the proposal is consistent with U.S. efforts to secure highly enriched uranium across the globe. The United States has for years …
Security of energy supply is enhanced by having a diverse energy mix. All things being equal, the more diversified the energy mix, the less vulnerable Member States and the EU are to shocks affecting external energy sources.
Petitioner's advocate had alleged that the plant had been commissioned in grave disregard of the safety guidelines. In a moral boost for the outgoing UPA-II, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition to stall commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu while expressing satisfaction at the government’s …
Govts have carried out court-mandated safety measures at the nuclear plant, it said The Supreme Court on Thursday shrugged off the last objections from activists and people that the Central and Tamil Nadu governments had failed to carry out court-mandated safety measures to clear the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear …
Shiv Sena has opposed to the project, saying the agreement will impact the environment The anti-nuclear lobby led by the Konkan Bachao Samiti (KBC) has urged the Election Commission of India and the Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO) to direct the Centre to defer the signing of commercial agreement between …
Energy company Anadarko Petroleum Corp agreed on Thursday to pay more than $5 billion to clean up areas across the United States polluted by nuclear fuel, wood creosote and rocket fuel waste that caused cancer and other health problems. The agreement resolves a long-running lawsuit against the Kerr-McGee energy and …
JAIPUR: The deck is cleared for setting up the country's second nuclear fuel complex at Rawatbhata near Kota in Chittorgarh district. The environmental clearance from the ministry of environment and forests is in the final stages of approval and nuclear experts are very positive about getting the clearance soon. The …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone on Monday for a nuclear power project near Gorakhpur village in Fatehbad district of Haryana. The project will comprise two reactors of 700 MWe each. They are Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) that will use natural uranium as fuel and heavy …
The Supreme Court on Monday said there is no basis to the fear that the radioactive effects of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, when commissioned, will be far reaching. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said: “We are convinced that the KKNPP design incorporates advanced safety features …
Experts say the membership will help India procure more fuel and nuclear components Indian nuclear experts have told Business Standard that it is an opportune time for the country to gain membership of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG), despite reservations expressed by China and some smaller European states such as …
Tokyo: Radioactive water has apparently leaked from another underground storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said on Sunday. The volume of the latest leakage was believed to be small, it said. On Saturday, it said as much as 120 tonnes of radioactive …
Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) has denied allegation by a Sri Lankan interest group that the Kudankulam plant in Tamil Nadu was leaking radiation, and said the phase 1 of the project would be ready soon and power production would start by April-end. The Sri Lankan group, the …
