Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
Notwithstanding the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March this year, the prospects of a civil nuclear accord between India and Japan are bright, according to top diplomatic sources. The issue would be discussed when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on December 28 for …
Over 5,000 protesters demand scrapping of Kudankulam project The anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protesters took out a massive rally from Kudankulam to neighbouring Radhapuram on Sunday in protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement at Moscow that the work at KKNPP would commence within a couple of weeks. Condemning the …
Suspecting foreign hand behind protests against Kudankulam nuclear plant, the Government has launched a probe into functioning of six NGOs in Tamil Nadu and a notice has been issued to them seeking explanation of utilisation of funds received from abroad. Racing against time to operationalise the nuclear plant built with …
Manmohan confident of going ahead with Unit I in a couple of weeks India and Russia have resolved their differences over the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, according to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and highly placed Russian government sources. In fact, Dr. Singh was confident of “going ahead'' with …
Anti-nuke activists demand action against CODISSIA for preventing them from attending meeting Engineers from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant interacted with members of Coimbatore District Small Industries' Association (CODISSIA) here on Friday to explain how safe the plant is. But, even as the interaction was in progress, a group of …
Much heat was generated when anti-nuclear protestors raised concerns over the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) at an interactive session on “Safety of Kudankulam Reactors – The Real Facts” here on Thursday with former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission M.R. Srinivasan. At the session organised by Kural, …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that India would fulfil all its commitments on bilateral nuclear cooperation with Russia while prioritising safety concerns raised by people in Koodankulam. As Singh went for a visit to Russia today, he said that the government takes people’s concerns “seriously” but the Indo-Russian atomic …
Next round of talks only if the Centre provides copies of all these documents” The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), which is spearheading the ongoing anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project struggle has demanded Central Experts Team to provide the copies of following documents. 1. The Site Evaluation Study, Safety Analysis …
KOLKATA, 15 DEC: Among the many issues Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to discuss with Russian officials while in Moscow this week, is the prospect of India buying a stake in one of Russia’s uranium enrichment plants. If India were to take a 10-20 per cent equity stake in …
China has further revised up its solar power development target for 2015 by 50 percent from its previous plan, state media reported on Thursday. The government has set a target for installed solar power generating capacity to reach 15 gigawatts by 2015 and wind power capacity to hit 100 GW, …
After a grueling week in which their internal dissension was aired on television, the five members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission face an even bigger hurdle - figuring out how to work together. A protracted struggle could mean gridlock as the agency deals with a sweeping set of reforms …
A shift to renewable energy would ultimately cost around the same as business as usual and the EU needs to make progress on setting a 2030 target for greener fuel soon, the bloc's energy commissioner said. Guenther Oettinger was laying out the European Union's latest road map for mostly eliminating …
Japan declared its tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant to be in cold shutdown on Friday in a major step toward resolving the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. The Fukushima Daiichi plant, 240 km (150 miles) northeast of Tokyo, was wrecked on March 11 by a huge earthquake and …
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today assured Russia that India would fulfill all its commitments on bilateral nuclear cooperation while according top priority to safety issues and concerns raised by people in Kundankulam. Before embarking on a visit to Moscow that comes amid anti-nuclear protests at the site of …
Citing “acute” power shortage in Tamil Nadu, Congress MPs from the state on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take steps to operationalise the agitation-hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant at the earliest so as to meet increasing demands. A delegation of seven MPs also apprised him of the events …
Due to increasing costs of production, a slowed demand for electricity, and fresh memories of disaster in Japan, production of nuclear power fell in 2011, according to the latest Vital Signs Online (VSO) report from the Worldwatch Institute. Despite reaching record levels the previous year, global installed nuclear capacity—the potential …
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor. "The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste," said the billionaire during a talk at China's Ministry of Science and …
The relay fast against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) set up in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu continued for the 50th day on Tuesday, with former naval chief L. Ramdas present at the venue, an activist said. In their third phase of the struggle against the KNPP, villagers in Tirunelveli …
The Supreme Court has made it clear that it would not go into the policy aspects relating to the safety of all nuclear plants in the country as it was the domain of Parliament and a Bill was already pending consideration. However, the three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, …
Australian defence minister Stephen Smith, who had pitched for reversing ruling Labor party's policy on uranium export to India, has ruled out similar treatment to Pakistan, citing its poor proliferation record. Smith, who is on his way to India, said he was a strong supporter of uranium export to India, …
