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. …
Understanding the resilience of aquatic ectothermic animals to climate warming has been hindered by the absence of experimental systems experiencing warming across relevant timescales (for example, decades). Here, we examine European perch (Perca fluviatilis, L.) from the Biotest enclosure, a unique coastal ecosystem that maintains natural thermal fluctuations but has …
The French government is "completely committed" to constructing the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant, the French economy minister has told the BBC. Emmanuel Macron told the Andrew Marr Show the £18bn project in Somerset was "very important" for France and EDF, which is 85% owned by the French state. Mr …
Ahmedabad: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC (US), to discuss nuclear security with the world leaders, a study on two proposed nuclear power plants — Mithi Virdi (Gujarat) and Kovvada (Andhra Pradesh) —has found two projects to be …
A new report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has concluded that India’s plans to build 12 new nuclear reactors is economically unviable. According to the new report (PDF), published this week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), India’s current plans to …
Human Rights Forum released a study done by a US-based financial research organisation that warns India that General Electricals and Westinghouse nuclear reactors in Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Mithi Vridi in Gujarat are neither cost-effective nor power-efficient. The two reactors, according to the study, also have a huge amount …
It is 30 years since the beginning of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It is also five years since the Fukushima disaster began. To mark these anniversaries, Greenpeace has commissioned substantial reviews of scientific studies examining the continued radioactive contamination in the affected areas, and the health and social effects on …
The report is based on a large body of independent scientific research in impacted areas in the Fukushima region, as well as investigations by Greenpeace radiation specialists over the past five years. It exposes deeply flawed assumptions by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Abe government in terms of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Safety of Nuclear Power Plants, 24/02/2016. The Government had in July 2014, announced a target of tripling the then capacity of 4780 MW in next ten years (by the year 2024). The current installed nuclear power capacity is 5780 MW, which is expected to …
The first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on Monday resumed generating electricity. Earlier, it had been stopped for mandatory tests as the turbine was synchronised with the southern grid. Speaking to The Hindu, Site Director, KKNPP, R.S. Sundar said the turbine, which was operated at 11.16 p.m. on Sunday …
The multi-purpose port, India’s biggest refinery and the Jaitapur nuclear plant threaten the coast's ecology. In its rush to present a business-friendly face, the State government is now betting on the ecologically-rich Konkan coastline, where three proposed projects — a port which will also include a thermal power plant among …
Festering question marks over the EPR’s robustness and added worries of cost-related viability of new projects based on this technology are areas of concern The decks may have been cleared for what would be the world’s largest nuclear power generating station by net electrical power rating, with an early-2017 target …
Egypt and Russia are going to sign a final contract on the Dabaa nuclear plant next month, after Russia made the best of three offers, Egypt's electricity minister told reporters Monday. Minister Mohamed Shaker said in a press conference that Egypt considered offers from Russia, China and South Korea but …
Russia will begin building two nuclear power plant units in Iran next week, Mehr news agency quoted an Iranian nuclear official as saying, under a deal signed in Moscow last year between subsidiaries of the two countries' state atomic agencies. The Mehr report did not elaborate but the comments by …
Say in light of its own experience, Japan should not put profits of its nuclear industry before the environment. CLAIMING that in the wake of opposition to nuclear power in Japan, the nuclear industry there was protecting its profits by getting into a civil nuclear agreement with India, the Maharashtra-based …
The Atomic Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 7, 2015. The Bill was introduced by the Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy, Mr. Jitendra Singh. The Bill proposes to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 1962. The Act empowers the central government to …
The proposed 9900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) has run into fresh trouble with the partial and conditional five-year environmental clearance granted to it on November 26, 2010 lapsing last week. Anti-nuclear plant activists have written to Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar with a request to issue stop work …
This paper assesses the potential for improving the CO2 intensity of Japan’s electricity sector—the units of carbon dioxide emitted per units of electricity generated—by examining the potential for the feasibility of restarting nuclear power plants and increasing renewable electricity generation by 2030. The analysis shows that, utilizing these two strategies, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shaktisinh Gohil & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/11/2015 regarding clearance for Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) at Mithivirdi, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat.
A civilian watchdog group sued a California coastal agency on Tuesday, seeking to overturn its decision to allow 1,800 tons (1,632 tonnes) of radioactive waste from a closed nuclear power plant to be buried in containers not far from a beach. Citizens Oversight Inc. asked a San Diego Superior Court …
