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 …
The nuclear industry is divided over the new notification on civil nuclear liability law. Some believe there has been a dilution of the law and violation of the spirit; others feel suppliers from abroad would still not be happy. The communist parties are expected to take up the issue in …
The government on Thursday said that the new rules notified under Nuclear Liability Act would not, or rather, should not deter US suppliers of material to nuclear power plants in India. The rules, made public on Wednesday, a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh departed for Bali for the ASEAN-India …
"Commission Kudankulam nuclear project immediately" Demanding the immediate commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) the Tamil Nadu Kshatriya Nadar Iyakkam has proposed to organise a fast at Palayamkottai on Saturday in which leaders from various communities are likely to participate. In a statement, founder president of the movement R. …
However, Nuke Plan Won’t Affect Delhi’s Broader Engagement With Tehran New Delhi: As the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works on a resolution to censure Iran yet again for its nuclear programme, India believes there is little to stop the Islamic republic from proceeding with weaponization. India believes the latest …
The rules on civil nuclear liability which have been notified by the UPA government may figure during the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama tomorrow in Bali on the margins of the ASEAN and East Asia summits. Even as the Left parties opposed the …
France needs to upgrade the protection of vital functions in all its nuclear reactors to avoid a disaster in the event of a natural calamity, the head of its nuclear safety agency said, adding there was no need to close any plants. After Japan's Fukushima disaster in March, France, along …
The United Nations' top nuclear official urged Iran to allow a visit by a high-level delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss growing evidence that Tehran has been developing the technologies to build atomic weapons. The United Nations' top atomic official, Yukiya Amano, wants access to key Iranian …
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed his country's contentious nuclear-liability laws with U.S. President Barack Obama during a meeting Friday on the sidelines of an Asian summit in Bali. U.S. President Barack Obama with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, …
Presentation to Tamilnadu Government nominees and people representatives regarding safety of KKNPP on 18-11-2011 in the office of District Collector, Tirunelveli by Expert Group on KKNPP constituted by Government of India.
The multi-disciplinary experts committee set up by the central government to interact with officials of the Tamil Nadu government and representatives of the anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) movement held intensive deliberations on Wednesday, officials said. "The deliberations are intense with the committee members asking probing questions from Nuclear Power …
Recourse claims limited to accidents in first five years but tort claims untouched The government has finalised rules for the implementation of the country's new nuclear liability that aim to meet the concern of American nuclear suppliers wary of being exposed to unlimited liability in the event of a Fukushima-type …
“Church premises used for stir against Kudankulam plant” As some of the churches are being used to disseminate anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) messages, urging the people to join the ongoing protest against the nuclear power project, the police here have started registering cases against priests who either allow or …
France's conservative government attacked the Socialist Party and Greens Wednesday for a pre-electoral pact to close 24 nuclear reactors, which ministers said could deal a fatal blow to a leading French industry. With a presidential election looming in April 2012 and legislative elections shortly afterwards, the Socialist Party and the …
The Indian government has formally announced new rules which cap the liability of nuclear equipment suppliers in case of accidents--a move likely to allay the concerns of companies looking to enter the country's multi-billion-dollar civilian nuclear power market. The rules, called Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Rules 2011, were posted …
PMK leader S. Ramadoss, who has been running a campaign against nuclear power plants, on Tuesday wanted the closure of the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station by 2020, saying the plant was posing health hazards to the people in Kancheepuram and Chennai districts. Talking to reporters, Dr Ramadoss said the Kudankulam …
New Delhi In a breakthrough for India’s civil nuclear initiative, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday pitched for lifting a long-standing ban on export of uranium to the country. “I believe the time has come for the Labor Party to change this position ... Selling uranium to India will …
In a significant move, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today proposed to overturn her country’s controversial policy of not selling uranium to India since it is not a signatory to the NPT. Writing in the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ newspaper, she said: “We must, of course, expect of India the same …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today released the first report the People of the Nation Innovation Council function here today with a call for innovation in solving the problems of the poor and the underprivileged. “Indeed we see innovation as truly a game changer to move from incremental change to radical …
To bail out power-starved Tamil Nadu: NELSTIA The Tirunelveli District Small and Tiny Industries Association (NELSTIA) has urged the State and Central Governments to take immediate steps for the early commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project with adequate safety measures to bailout power-starved Tamil Nadu where the manufacturing units …
Kudankulam seems to be rocking India’s ambitious nuclear power programme. A crisis-like atmosphere prevails due to the stoppage of pre-commissioning fuel loading in Kudankulam’s 1000 MW capacity first reactor. Why? Because of the post-Fukushima apprehensions, no doubt, but equally because of lack of adequate comprehension of the nuclear issue, further …
