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Japan's Kyushu Electric Power said on Tuesday it has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, the first to be brought back into service under new rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The delay to mid-August from the previous target of late July follows a …
A large police force today evicted farmers living on a piece of land acquired by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for setting up of their power project at Gorakhpur. The authorities razed their houses, destroyed their crops, carted away their belongings as well as cattle. Led by …
Kyushu Electric Power Co's two-reactor Sendai nuclear plant on Wednesday cleared safety regulations introduced after the Fukushima crisis, paving the way for the resumption of nuclear power generation in Japan. Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said in a televised weekly meeting that the reactors have cleared the final safety …
China’s plans for a rapid expansion of nuclear power plants are “insane” because the country is not investing enough in safety controls, a leading Chinese scientist has warned. Proposals to build plants inland, as China ends a moratorium on new generators imposed after the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, are …
DHAKA : The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015′ subject to the vetting of the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, aiming to construct the country’s first Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular …
Japan's nuclear regulator signed off on the basic safety of a reactor at a third nuclear plant on Wednesday, as the country inches toward rebooting its atomic industry more than four years after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The decision will be a boost for operator Shikoku Electric Power Co, which …
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said the management of radioactive waste and contaminated water at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant could be improved despite good progress in cleaning up the site. The operator of the plant said in February it had found a pool of highly contaminated water on the …
Part of a nuclear power plant remained offline on Sunday after a transformer fire created another problem: thousands of gallons of oil leaking into the Hudson River. At an afternoon briefing, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said emergency crews were out on the water near Buchanan, trying to contain and …
DHAKA : The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015′ subject to the vetting of the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, aiming to construct the country’s first Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular …
A group of 12 residents filed an appeal Wednesday against a ruling last month by the Kagoshima District Court approving the restart of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power’s Sendai nuclear power plant. That decision cleared another hurdle for the plant to begin starting up as …
Japan is proposing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2030 as its contribution to a global summit on climate change in Paris later in the year. Media reports earlier this month said the country was looking at a 25% percent cut from 2013 levels, up from an …
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 2015-16 is the thirty-fourth publication in the series brought out by CEA. The …
Satellite images taken between January and April show a North Korean nuclear reactor that can yield material for atomic bombs may be operating again at low power or intermittently, US experts said on Wednesday. A report from David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini at Washington’s Institute for Science and International Security …
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner exchange documents during signing ceremony at the Kremlin. 23 April 2015 Argentina is looking to Russia to help reverse a costly energy deficit Russia and Argentina have signed a series of framework agreements on economic and energy co-operation following …
A Japanese court has rejected a legal bid to block the reopening of the Sendai nuclear power station on safety grounds, removing one of the last big hurdles to switching reactors back on after the 2011 Fukushima crisis paralyzed the industry. Wednesday's ruling by the Kagoshima District Court is a …
The proposed 6,000 MW nuclear power plant at Mithivirdi in Bhavnagar faces further delay despite being accorded the crucial Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance. This is mainly because the land acquisition process for the plant cannot begin till the new land acquisition act is in place. Right to Fair Compensation …
Japan’s nuclear watchdog chief said Wednesday a landmark court injunction banning the restart of two reactors was based on a judicial “misunderstanding” of basic facts. “Although I haven’t studied it in detail, many things that are based on misunderstandings are written in the verdict,” Shunichi Tanaka told reporters, asked about …
Accord will help plants run at higher plant load factor Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a crowd during Indian Diaspora Event, at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, 16 April 2015 Picture by PTI India’s move to enter into a commercial contract with Canada for the supply of 3,000 …
The Centre is exploring opportunities to set up a nuclear power plant in the uranium-rich Jadugoda in East Singhbhum. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown interest in the proposal put forward by the Jamshedpur MP Bidyut Baran Mahato. "The PM (through a letter addressed to the local MP) said the …
India and Canada on Wednesday completed the final formality to enable uranium sales to India by signing a commercial agreement after a bilateral meeting between PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Stephen Harper in Ottawa. Under the $280 million agreement with Canadian producer Cameco, India will purchase more than 3,000 …
