Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
the R ussian parliament has approved three controversial bills allowing the import of dangerous nuclear waste. As per the bills, Russia would earn more than us $1,000 for each kilogramme to import and store 20,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel over 10 years from various countries. The lower house of …
By dislodging every attempt for progressive green legislation from very early on in his presidency, George Bush is proclaiming his disregard for the environment and open support for expanding energy supplies. He is making no attempt to balance the two. He is also proving to be a poor role model …
the Cold War may be over, but researchers at Hanford nuclear reservation in usa , continue to battle another kind of Russian invaders: radioactive tumbleweeds. Russian thistle has become a menace in the windswept desert of south-central Washington in the us . Russian thistle, a non-native species in the us …
russia has started the construction of world's first floating nuclear plant despite concerns about its safety. The plant, being built near Severodvinsk situated on Russia's northwestern coast, will be operative by 2001. According to the country's energy ministry, the floating plant would initially provide 60 megawatts of energy to the …
Nuclear waste sent from Australia for reprocessing in France cannot be unloaded because it does not have proper authorisation, a French court recently ruled, backing a complaint by Greenpeace, an international pressure group. Cogema, the world's leading nuclear fuel reprocessor, was due to handle the Australian waste. In its appeal, …
alarming levels of radioactivity have been detected in two rivers near the Siberian Chemical Complex, Russia's largest nuclear site, according to a usa nuclear watchdog group. The Government Accountability Project said that more than enough radioactivity to meet the world's electrical power demand had been found in the Tom and …
Though disposing of radioactive waste as well as military activity in and around Antarctica is banned, the continent is not free from threats. Long distance dispersion of radioactive particles has put its marine life at risk. According to marine biologist Franceso Nonnis Marzano of the University of Parma in Italy …
rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has asked the Union government to verify newspaper reports according to which the government is planning to bury nuclear waste in Thar desert. Down To Earth (Vol 9, No 3) had reported that plans are afoot to dump radioactive waste at Sanawada village near Pokran. …
the uk plans to reduce its nuclear sea discharges by up to 85 per cent by 2020 to meet its European commitments, announced Michael Meacher, the country's environment minister. He said the commitment, agreed in Sintra in Portugal in 1998, referred to nuclear discharges exceeding the maximum limit set for …
in march 1997 when the heavy drilling machines ploughed into the barren land of the desert village Sanawada, just a few kilometres from India's nuclear weapons testing site, Pokran, officials of the public sector Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd ( mecl ) told the residents, "There are precious stones beneath the …
Nuclear waste is generated in uranium mines, nuclear power plants and research reactors. Once the uranium ore is extracted at the Jaduguda mines in Bihar, it is sent to a facility in Hyderabad for processing. Earlier, the waste was dumped in a pond nearby. But as it contaminated some wells …
The government has launched an investigation to determine the cause that led to the release of radioactive waste into the Crocodile River from the Pelindaba nuclear facility. The move was triggered by reports that the facility had released more than the stipulated amount of radioactive liquid into the river last …
there is increasing international pressure to shut down a controversial nuclear-reprocessing plant in London. According to reports in the Guardian , Denmark, Iceland and Ireland areplanning to invoke environmental treaties relating to radiation-emissions to compel suspension of all reprocessing activities at the Sellafield plant. The governments are reportedly worried about …
Solid plutonium oxide, of the kind used in nuclear reactors and warheads, was till recently believed to be the most stable form of plutonium. But now scientists have discovered that water can oxidise plutonium oxide and make it more soluble. Last year, they discovered that trace amounts of plutonium oxide …
after a decade-long hunt for a safe site for dumping nuclear waste, the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (barc) has zeroed in on two states Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, said K Balu, director of the Nuclear Recycle Group at barc. "W e have identified 100 sq km in these states …
GANDHAR KARMAKAR is nine years old. He has only one eye, and suffers from paralysis. Elder to him by three years is Motiram. He suffers from osteoporosis (general bone damage). Dunia Uraon, also just short of his teens, is another unfortunate adolescent. His mother suffered three miscarriages before giving birth …
The remains of the once powerful Soviet nuclear submarine fleet are lying in crumbling shipyards. Many of these are in the northern Kola Peninsula. With Russia lacking the money to dispose of the nuclear waste safely, the radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel pose a tremendous environmental hazard. At least …
environmental group Greenpeace has released a document revealing secret efforts by Russian officials to secure lucrative contracts to allow illegal dumping of nuclear wastes from Switzerland, Germany, Spain, South Korea and Taiwan in Russia. The document, "Protocol of Intentions', is linked to another leaked document published by Greenpeace on January …
