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. …
Has Punjab lost its case for the nuclear power plant? It appears to be so. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has reportedly approved the setting up of a nuclear power plant (NPP) of 1400 MW ( 2X700) at Kumharia village in Haryana
HARIPUR : Tension is mounting with every passing day at Haripur and Soula where thousands of fishermen and local residents are gearing up to protest against any government move to acquire land for implementing projects. Fishermen at Soula are protesting against setting up of a thermal power plant project proposed …
In a major shift in its policy on setting up a nuclear power plant in the state, Punjab will now lobby with the Centre to give it a Light Water Reactor (LWR)-based nuclear power plant.
Mumbai: The process to build the first nuclear power plants at a cost of Rs33,000 crore after India's re-entry into global nuclear trade will be set into motion with the beginning of land acquisition tomorrow at Jaitapur in coastal Maharashtra. French company Areva will be setting up the 1650 MW …
To run on imported fuel; IAEA safeguard nod soon. Anil Sasi New Delhi, Oct. 13 After being held up for well over two years due to fuel shortages, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) expects to get the two new units of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) …
ENGINEERING and construction company Larsen & Toubro (L&T;) is eyeing big bucks from the nuclear power business with annual revenue projections of Rs 7,000-8,000 crore once India launches its ambitious nuclear power capacity addition programme. The company, which has already entered into agreement with four major global vendors of nuclear …
China may have to put the brakes on the construction of nuclear power plants to ensure the plants are safe, the country's top energy planning official told reporters on Sunday. Zhang Guobao, head of the National Energy Administration, warned of signs of "improper" and "too fast" development of nuclear power …
Venezuela has yet to develop a plan to explore or exploit its uranium deposits despite comments by a government official saying it was working with Iran to locate them, Venezuela's energy minister told Reuters. On Friday, Mining Minister Rodolfo Sanz said Iran and Venezuela were working together to find uranium, …
France, Italy and several other European Union countries weighed their chances of haggling up their EU carbon emissions quotas on Thursday, one day after Poland and Estonia successfully challenged theirs in court. The two east European countries won their appeal on Wednesday for more generous caps on industrial emissions in …
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), a leading producer of aluminium in the country, intends to enter the energy sector as an independent power producer. The company is exploring thermal, hydro and nuclear route to achieve this ambition. The company has already successfully negotiated with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) …
The federal government has decided to establish the National Safety Analysis Centre (NSAC) to provide technical support to the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) to ensure the safety of Chashma-3 and Chashma-4 nuclear power projects. A 325-megawatt nuclear power plant is under construction at Chashma, which will be completed by …
Banks, pension funds and other investment groups representing more than $13 trillion in assets called for a strong global agreement on climate policy on Wednesday, saying it would lead to a flood of investment into the low-carbon economy. "Without the policies to encourage clean energy, investors are stuck at the …
KORAPUT: Nalco has begun exploratory talks to establish a nuclear power plant with the support of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) in Ganjam district. Nalco CMD Chittaranjan Pradhan said this while addressing the media at Damanjodi here yesterday. Pradhan also said a power plant is coming up at …
First it was Kazakhstan, then Namibia and now Mongolia. In its quest for obtaining fuel for its nuclear power plants, India has been reaching out to every possible country that has some uranium resources and is willing to sell it to New Delhi. Monday
Energy-starved India, armed with permission to buy atomic fuel from around the world after the end of a three-decade ban, is courting new partners alongside old friends in its global hunt for uranium. The strategy, spelt out in a government paper published last week, will see New Delhi reach out …
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday said, there would be a 250 MW nuclear power station on one of the islands exclusively for the Andamans. He was at the national seminar on security and development of the islands under the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC). Kalam said …
Sri Lanka government yesterday said that India is likely to share its nuclear technology with Sri Lanka for power generation using thorium as the main source of energy. According to a local media report, Sri Lanka's Science and Technology Minister Tissa Vitharana has said that he had invited Indian nuclear …
In case of accident, US does not want firms to pay it all nuclear reactor suppliers will not be liable if there is an accident in an atomic power plant in India. The onus of the accident would be on the operator, only partly. The rest would be on the …
At least four million Americans under age 65 are exposed to high doses of radiation each year from medical imaging tests, according to a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine. About 400,000 of those patients receive very high doses, more than the maximum annual exposure allowed for …
