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. …
Taking Hiroshima Day as a platform, a group of citizens from the city, observed that Andhra Pradesh was inviting a nuclear disaster, by accepting the proposal to make the State a nuclear power hub, on Saturday. “We are extremely concerned about the State government’s recent proposal to develop 30,000 mw …
Britain’s decision to delay final approval for the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant risks cooling relations with economic powerhouse China under new Prime Minister Theresa May, analysts say. May’s predecessor David Cameron, who quit after the June referendum vote to leave the European Union, made strong ties with Beijing central …
At present India with twenty one (21) nuclear power reactors, stands seventh (7) among thirty one (31) countries with nuclear power in terms of number of reactors and thirteenth (13) in terms of electricity generation. The present nuclear power installed capacity of 5780 MW is expected to shortly increase to …
South Korea plans to select a site for permanent storage of its high level radioactive waste by 2028, and will also consider looking to store spent nuclear fuel overseas, the government said on Monday. In the meantime it plans to expand temporary storage facilities at the country's 25 nuclear plants, …
Government plans to increase the nuclear power generation capacity of the country by three times in ten years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State in the PMO said while earlier five-year plan targets were set with regard …
Govt. is pinning its mega plans for generating the ‘clean’ energy on coastal Andhra Pradesh. Weeks after the government announced that U.S. company Westinghouse’s Nuclear Power Project (NPP), planned in Gujarat's Mithi Virdi, is being moved to Andhra Pradesh, sources confirmed to The Hindu that Russian-owned Rosatom will build its …
Some of the key projects received for environmental clearances include 67 in mining, 82 in infrastructure, six in nuclear, defence and others and in river valley and hydro-electric sector. The Environment Ministry has received more than 2,300 projects for environmental clearance in the last three years, Lok Sabha was informed …
Study shows radioactive material has been carried across the ocean as far as the shores of U.S. Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids into the sea, a study showed Monday. Japan …
India's nuclear sector regulator has given the nod for the second 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu to go critical/start fission process, said an industry official. "The permission to NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd) has been given so that the Kudankulam second unit can go critical," …
The Forum for Development of North Andhra (FDNA) on Tuesday alleged that both the Union and State governments were trying to convert Srikakulam district into a dumping yard by making arrangements for the construction of the country’s biggest atomic power plant with ‘outdated’ technology supplied by American multi-national company Westinghouse …
At the start of 2015 there were 436 operable reactors around the world and by year-end there were 439. This increase in reactor numbers came despite the retirement of seven units during the year. A larger number of nuclear power units are under construction than at any other time in …
Nuclear energy is not at all expensive. It is safe and green energy,” said Dr. N. Saibaba, former Chairman and Chief Executive of the NFC, dispelling the view that nuclear energy is dangerous. He was delivering the 9th M.P. Chary Memorial Lecture on ‘Advances in nuclear technology for common man’ …
Chennai: Ask a lay person about nuclear energy and the Kudankulam plant and the chances are the images conjured up will be of two big domes against the backdrop of the Bay of Bengal. Now, in an attempt to demystify working of the plant in Kanyakumari district, a 15-minute film …
Move was necessitated due to change of reactors' design for 6,000 MW plant NPCIL to file fresh ToR with MoEF for Kovvada project in Andhra Pradesh The state run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will file fresh terms of reference (ToR) within a month with the union ministry of …
Greenpeace India released a report titled ‘Red Alert – India’s nuclear disaster plans, outdated and inadequate’. The report assesses India's nuclear disaster plans and concludes that India’s plans do not offer a complete defence-in-depth for existing nuclear plants. According to the report, some of the disaster intervention levels set by …
NPCIL to begin fresh study after PM’s visit to the US; Terms of Reference are prepared. Visakhapatnam: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is gearing up to do a fresh Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study due to the changes in the reactors that are to be installed at …
Ranchi: Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, for local manufacture of equipment to be used in the Kudankulam nuclear power project. The agreement between the two state-owned corporations follows a deal between Nuclear Energy Power Corporation of India Limited …
The German government passed a regulation on Wednesday that aims to ensure utility companies remain liable for the costs of shutting down nuclear power plants even if they split up. Germany decided to end nuclear power by 2022 following Japan's Fukushima disaster five years ago. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet said …
The Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) is brought out annually by Central Electricity Authority towards fulfillment of its obligations under section 73(a) of the Electricity Act, 2003. The annual Load Generation Balance Report (LGBR) for the year 2016-17 is the thirty-fifth publication in the series brought out by CEA. The …
The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. This study was carried out in two phases: Phase 1, issued in 2014, …
