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Chennai: The safety review of nuclear reactors which the Prime Minister announced in the wake of the tragedy in Japan is now officially under way. The first facility where the audit has begun is the Madras Atomic Power station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam, said an official on Thursday. K Ramamurthy, the …
The Prime Minister's Office has given state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India two weeks to submit a report on measures needed to ensure safety of all existing and proposed nuclear projects, a government official said. NPCIL, the sole authority for atomic power generation in the country, has formed four committees …
KIRIT S PARIKH FORMER MEMBER PLANNING COMMISSION Public Perception of Risk is Unwarranted The nuclear disaster in Japan has raised grave concerns around the world about the safety of nuclear plants. But the chairman of India
The Environment Ministry is considering the idea of developing bioshields comprising mangrove and non-mangrove species in coastal areas adjoining critical infrastructure projects such as power plants and oil storage depots. The idea of promoting mangroves and other biological shields to provide a
No coolant trouble; plants in areas of low seismic activity As radiation leaks in tsunami-hit Japan spawn concerns over the safety of nuclear reactors in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met with the heads of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to review the …
In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, the Centre is considering fine-tuning its plans of locating key infrastructure projects, such as power plants, along the coast. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, who described the tsunami as a wake-up call, stressed the need to determine the carrying capacity of India
The announcement was the clearest sign yet that the crisis at Japan's quake-ravaged nuclear complex would slow China's ambitious nuclear expansion, by far the world's largest HRIS BUCKLEY BEIJING China has sus March 16: China has suspended approvals for proposed nuclear power plants and is making a comprehensive safety check …
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports.
A comprehensive package by Down to Earth on the recent Japan nuclear crisis and its implications for India consists of blogs, timeline, maps and other useful resources. It also provides a selection of DTE articles from 19 years of its reportage on nuclear energy, quakes & tsunami alongwith important reports, …
Bangalore: The Kaiga nuclear plant consisting of four reactors comes under seismic zone three which ordinarily means a moderate damage risk zone. There are five seismic zones in India and zone five is the one with severest risk and high damage risk zone. Zone four is also classified as high …
Mumbai: Fukushima has become part of the local lexicon at Jaitapur. As news of the apocalypse-like situation in Japan reaches the far corners of villages in and around the area, residents have increased their agitation against the proposed 9,900MW nuclear power plant. Jaitapur area falls in the seismic zone 3 …
Allaying fears in the minds of the public after the recent quake-tsunami-triggered explosion in a couple of nuclear reactors in Japan, Site Director, Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) M. Kasinath Balaji has said the state-of-the-art safety measures in the 1,000 MWe capacity pressurised water reactors of KKNPP had made the …
The nuclear crisis in Japan is a wake-up call for India and everyone else, readily admitted Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday. He said additional safety measures would be specified for the 10,000-Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district. Addressing a conclave on ‘Business …
Mangalore: The tritium poisoning episode at Kaiga Generating Station (KGS), which exposed about 50 employees to increased levels of radiation 16 months ago, remains unsolved though police claim investigation is still on. Uttara Kannada superintendent of police Raman Gupta told TOI:
Mumbai: Leading nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar said on Monday that Jaitapur was relatively secure from a tsunami or an earthquake, amid demands for the reconsideration of the power plant project in the wake of the accident involving a facility in Japan. Explosions were reported from two nuclear units at the …
