Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
In its verdict giving the thumbs-up to the Kudankulam nuclear power project, the Madras High Court ruled that the government had taken post-Fukushima concerns while clearing the project and observed that remote possibilities of a disaster could not be cited to abandon a project. The basic issue before the court …
Amid concerns about safety issues involving the nuclear plant in Kundakulam of South India, the government of Sri Lanka has raised its concerns with India and sought an immediate dialogue between the two sides to discuss the matter, officials said yesterday. External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunaratne Amunugama told Daily Mirror …
As Japan moves to cut back on nuclear power after last year’s disaster in Fukushima, it is running into a harsh economic reality: the cost of immediately abandoning its nuclear reactors may be too high for some big utilities to shoulder. Protesters during an antinuclear rally last week near the …
A parliamentary panel has come down heavily on the Union Government for imposing limitations on liability amount as well as the duration of the liability period under the proposed rules under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act. Noting that the limitations imposed under Rule 24 of theCLND were not …
The head of the UN atomic agency called on Monday on countries with nuclear power not to lose their “sense of urgency” in improving safety after last year’s Fukushima disaster in Japan. Opening a conference in Vienna analysing the aftermath of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years, International …
About one in five big Japanese firms wants to see the share of nuclear power in the electricity supply reduced to zero by 2030, a Reuters poll showed, amid a growing anti-nuclear clamor after last year’s Fukushima atomic disaster. But underlining concerns about a rise in energy costs without nuclear …
Department of Atomic Energy has been pulled up for diluting the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, in this report tabled in the Parliament on 28.08.2012, by subordinate legislation committee of the Lok Sabha.
The Fukushima Prefectural Government is now checking all bags of rice for radiation. Gov. Yuhei Sato, who visited an inspection center in Nihonmatsu on Saturday, the first day of the comprehensive inspections, said that he "wants safe Fukushima rice to be delivered across the country." The checks were deemed necessary …
Fukushima is a lesson to be learnt but not to be afraid of, as nuclear energy is inevitable for the progress of the nation, M. Sai Baba, Associate Director of Resources Management Group at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, has said. Safety regulations Interacting with the …
New Delhi: In case of a nuclear accident in India at present, the maximum fine that can be imposed by the regulator on an offending nuclear plant is Rs 500. A CAG report on the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, has raised concern about the weak …
AERB has failed to prepare a nuclear and radiation safety policy for the country, said CAG in this report tabled in the Parliament recently and recommended strengthening of licensing process for radiation facilities to bring all radiation facilities in the country under regulatory control of this board. This report of …
The Sri Lankan government has installed five detectors across the island as part of an early warning system to detect a nuclear disaster in the event of a nuclear accident and alert the public. Following India's decision to expand the Kudankulam nuclear plant on the South Indian coast, the Sri …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it detected a record-high 25,800 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in fish sampled within 20 km of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The figure is 258 times the level of cesium the government deems safe for consumption, indicating that radioactive contamination in …
The Japanese government is likely to decide to eliminate all nuclear power over the next two decades in a new long-term energy plan that comes amid strong public opposition to atomic energy and ahead of national elections expected in the next few months, said government officials familiar with policy discussions. …
New Delhi: Global nuclear watchdog IAEA will conduct an in-depth operational safety review of two atomic power plants at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, the first such exercise in India in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident. The Operational Safety Review Team of the International Atomic Energy Agency will review programs …
Radiation from Japan's leaking Fukushima nuclear plant has caused mutations in some butterflies and damaged the local environment, though humans seem relatively unaffected, researchers say. The mutations - including dented eyes and stunted wings - are the first evidence the radiation following last year's tsunami has caused genetic changes in …
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to buy 700 Mw power annually from the proposed Chutka nuclear power project. The progress of the project took a hit when people from nearby villages refused to accept the land acquisition notices sent to them by the government. The protesters are likely to …
With the protest against Koodankulam nuclear power plant entering its second year, the Madras High Court hearing two petitions against the project Thursday came down on union ministers, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). "Hearing the two petitions, the Madras High Court …
