Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
TIRUNELVELI: Hinting that the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) might house eight 1,000 MW reactors instead of the originally planned six units, S.K. Jain, Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited (NPCIL) Chairman and Managing Director, has said that Jaitapur in Maharashtra would have six French nuclear reactors each with the capacity …
MADURAI: Scientists from the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) held an awareness programme here on Tuesday to send out a message that nuclear energy is safe and people need not have any apprehensions about safety parameters. A three-day workshop on
INDIA signed the first commercial pact to build nuclear power plants with French power equipment and technology company Areva on Wednesday. A memorandum of understanding was signed by government-run organisation Nuclear Power Corporation of India and Areva. Though the MoU provides for supply of two nuclear reactors, the order may …
CHENNAI: The view through the barrel-hole, situated at a height of 31 metres, is stunning. It frames the massive containment dome of the reactor building of the second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu. Tower cranes are swinging around the dome at a great height …
The overall objective of this document on Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Guidelines is the realisation of the vision of the nation of putting the concept of prevention of nuclear and radiological emergencies into practice. However, in rare cases of their occurrence due to factors beyond human control, such emergencies will …
PRIVATE players looking to set up nuclear power plants with full management control may have to wait as the government is yet to develop any mechanism for assessing the liability of operators in the event of an accident. The draft civil nuclear liability bill sent to various ministries for comments …
The environmental clearance offered to the Koodankulam reactors in Tamil Nadu is not based upon a careful examination of all the potential impacts on the environment and livelihoods nor does it incorporate public concerns.
JHAJJAR: Haryana could become the first state in the country to set up a 2,800 mw nuclear power plant after the signing of the civil nuclear deal between India and the US.
India and Russia signed the long-pending nuclear cooperation agreement for construction of four additional nuclear reactors at Kudankulam and reactors in other new sites in India. The cooperation agreement, signed by Russian state corporation, Rosatom, director-general Sergei Kiriyenko and department of atomic energy chief Anil Kakodkar, will govern bilateral civilian …
Safety in nuclear power plants (NPPs) in India is a very important topic and it is necessary to dissipate correct information to all the readers and the public at large. In this article, I have briefly described how the safety in our NPPs is maintained. Safety is accorded overriding priority …
The current Sarkozy-Fillon Government, acting presidency of the European Union's Council of Ministers, has chosen to massively promote nuclear power even to newcomer countries like Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates. As President Sarkozy put it in a speech in Marrakech: "We have it in France, why …
A French court has ruled that power grid RTE must pay 390,000 euros (US$493,200) to a farming family after a high-voltage line caused its animals to fall sick, a prosecutor said on Monday. State-run RTE, an arm of EDF, said it would appeal against the decision, a first for France …
A study on water and sustainability for power production in the US by the Electric Power Research Institute compared the water needs and consumption rates of existing power stations by type of fuel and cooling technology. The EPRI analysis showed that existing nuclear power stations used and consumed significantly more …
