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 …
Jayalalitha knows her state needs power, but spars with the UPA over the N-plant Pushpa Iyengar The Quick Switch... CM’s opposition to the N-plant at Koodankulam a manifestation of differences with the Centre Jayalalitha is upset Centre not clearing Rs 2.5 lakh-crore for TN She has done a volte face …
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Srikumar Banerjee on Friday expressed the hope that the Union government's committee of experts and the Tamil Nadu government's panel of its nominees and spokespersons of the Kudankulam area would hold their first meeting “as early as possible” to resolve the issue of agitation against …
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, on Friday sought to allay fears over the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, saying it was absolutely risk-free and designed to be safe from calamities including tsunami. Speaking on sustainable development and energy security during the 18th Foundation …
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has expanded its existing ‘scientific team' and constituted an ‘Expert Panel' with 21 members for inspecting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). “The proposed panel comprises noted scientists, engineers, doctors, environmentalists, columnists and advocates with the objectives of guiding the movement, educating the …
Personnel unable to enter plant: AEC chairman Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu has “halted” because the plant personnel are “unable to go inside” and this situation has arisen “when we need several thousands of people to work inside during the last phase of work” …
E.ON, Germany's largest utility by sales, will file a complaint with Germany's highest court claiming compensation for the country's nuclear exit, German paper Financial Times Deutschland reported. The company plans to file the complaint with the German constitutional court before the end of the year, the daily said, citing unidentified …
China and other developing countries are resisting a U.S. proposal to cut tariffs on environmental goods, casting doubt on one of President Barack Obama's goals for a Pacific Rim summit he hosts next week. The U.S. has been pressing for years, with little success, to liberalize trade on "green" goods, …
Nuclear fission by-products have been detected at one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the government said Wednesday, raising the possibility that some parts of the melted core may still be active. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that small amounts of Xenon-133 and 135, …
New Delhi: Even as India continues to negotiate ENR transfer with Russia without any result, Moscow is insisting that New Delhi cooperates to set up a reprocess-ing plant on Russian soil. Diplomatic sources told TOI that the proposal had been first made to India last year, but it has assumed …
The small western-European country of Belgium currently has two commercial nuclear sites and a total of seven reactors. Nuclear energy accounts for over half of the nation's power consumption, a total of about 45 billion kilowatt-hours per year. Although typically quite fractured, Belgium's political parties have reached a consensus on …
Bangladesh and Russia on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement on the installation of Bangladesh Nuclear Power Plant. Under the deal, two units of the first-ever nuclear power plant (NPP) with capacity of each 1000 MW electricity will be set up at Rooppur in northwestern Pabna district. In presence of Prime …
A senior Pakistani diplomat on Tuesday called for taking into account the differentiated nature of countries needs while evolving a strengthened nuclear safety regime, as he stressed that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should become more than a "nuclear watchdog." Speaking in the General Assembly's debate on the annual …
Friendly, but blunt. That will be the tone of the message from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to India. When NRC chairman Gregory Jaczko comes here later this month to meet with his counterparts in the Atomic Energy Commission and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, he would …
Japanese utilities will largely avoid power shortages this winter despite prolonged reactor shutdowns amid public concerns over nuclear safety, but hurdles remain for next summer, the government said on Tuesday. It also unveiled ways to bridge the gap next summer, when peak-hour demand is expected to exceed supply by 16,560 …
EDF Energy's fleet of nuclear reactors in Britain has passed stress tests ordered by the European Union following Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in March, it said in a submission to British authorities. The clean bill of health for its UK reactors follows a pan-European safety assessment process mandated by EU …
Bangladesh is set to ink a landmark deal with Russia today finalizing arrangements to install the country's first ever nuclear power plant (NPP) to produce 2,000 megawatt electricity in northwestern Rooppur. "This is a landmark event for us . . . this will greatly help us to meet our energy …
India today said that it attaches “the highest priority” to the safety of its nuclear plants and will invite experts from the IAEA to assist it in reviewing and enhancing their operational safety performance. “Our nuclear safety track record has been impeccable over 345 reactor years of operation but we …
Despite the Fukushima crisis, the number of nuclear reactors in the world will steadily rise in the coming decades, with the most growth happening in countries like India and China who need to meet their growing energy demands, the international atomic watchdog estimates. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General, …
CHENNAI: In a bid to highlight the need for a safe planet that now has seven billion people, about 40 babies will Tuesday fast for an hour as part of the continuing protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, an activist said. "While the world is celebrating …
In this new report IEA provides an overview of clean energy and energy efficiency technology deployment and summarises support policies in place across G-20 countries. G-20 Clean Energy, and Energy Efficiency Deployment and Policy Progress, a report prepared by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with the G-20 Clean …
