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 …
American and Indian corporates upset by the provisions of India’s civil nuclear liability law should take a deep breath and think of two words: Bhopal and BP. Framed by these two totemic references to corporate liability for death and environmental destruction on a colossal scale, the Civil Liability for Nuclear …
In a possible way around the practical hurdles posed by the supplier liability clause in the civil nuclear liability law, the government is all set to make it clear in the rules and regulations of the law that a supplier will be liable only for a fixed time period and …
Peter Walker Ukraine announces official tours of the 1986 nuclear disaster site. LESSONS FROM AN ACCIDENT: Visitors can now learn more about the tragedy. A 2007 file photograph of the abandoned town of Pripyat and the now closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the background. Already been to North Korea? …
The explosions and radiation leaks in Fukushima nuclear power plants, a result of earthquake and resultant tsunami waves, have impelled nations to review safety situation in their nuclear facilities. The disaster in Japan has reinforced the reality that experts can neither predict the magnitude of a disaster nor can they …
India signed the international convention on compensating nuclear accident victims on October 27. The convention, to a large extent, shields suppliers of nuclear energy technology from paying damages. Washington was keen that New Delhi sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage; something Indian leaders had committed to when …
In the wake of chemical and nuclear threats, the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is strengthening its chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence by extending training programmes to private and government institutes, health organisations and paramilitary forces. This would …
This study starts with a physical assessment of the quantities of the radioactivity being generated and mobilized by the entire system of related industrial processes making civilian nuclear power possible. It assesses the actual and potential exposure of the public to natural and human-made nuclear radioactivity, and it discusses empirical …
Sri Lanka is becoming a power hungry nation. Several coal power plants with a total generation capacity of 3,200 MW are on the anvil. The country’s new energy minister, Champika Ranawaka, wants a nuclear power plant by 2025. That’s a sure sign of change: Ranawaka started his career as an …
In its curative petition in the apex court, the govt will argue how the actual aftermath of the gas tragedy far exceeds the $470m compensation agreed to in 1989. How will the 10-year time window for claims in a nuclear incident hold up against this? Nitin Sethi | TNN The …
New Delhi: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has decided to frame guidelines for allowing insurance cover for nuclear accidents. The agency is awaiting the the nuclear liability law to provide framework for the proposed rules.
NEW DELHI: A senior United States official on Wednesday once again raised Washington's discomfiture with the Nuclear Limited Liability Bill approved by Parliament last month and felt India should harmonise it with international laws.
Radiation, cancer, blindness, tardiness, cover-ups.The lessons from the Kalpakkam nuclear facility-------------- In the end, loud voices were all that mattered. After three months of extended discussions, legislators in the Indian Parliament yelled their assent. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 was a legislation. As India charts its journey …
Interview with Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. While the Lok Sabha passed the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, on August 25, the Rajya Sabha passed it five days later. In this context, Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), …
The passage by both houses of Parliament of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 marks yet another step in the United Progressive Alliance government
Nilendra KumarNilendra Kumar Director, Amity Law School The nuclear damage Bill has crafted a pragmatic provision to bind operator and supplier under contractual liabilities, but suppliers may find it tough to obtain insurance to back such contracts Even the most stringent safety standards cannot completely eliminate the possible of nuclear …
NEW DELHI: Parliament adopted the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, with the Rajya Sabha approving the legislation by voice vote on Monday, paving the way for overseas companies to set up nuclear reactors in the country. The government's desire to get this legislation through was a major reason for …
Jyoti Malhotra / New Delhi August 27, 2010, 0:23 IST As key world capitals scrutinise the Nuclear Liability Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, for word on how the new legislation would affect potential civil nuclear agreements with India, a senior Union minister has said that private suppliers …
Vinay Kumar and J. Balaji Prime Minister hails end of nuclear apartheid for India NEW DELHI: With the government conceding a major point to the Opposition on supplier liability, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010. Intervening in the five hour-long debate …
