The Government of Andhra Pradesh on March 11, 2024, issued the Andhra Pradesh Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Policy 2023-2028 to encourage and promote the large-scale deployment of energy conservation and efficiency measures in the State. This policy ensures efficient energy usage directly catering to the local and national economy …
With emotions running high in Kerala over apprehensions about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam, Congress and DMK MPs from Tamil Nadu met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh separately on Tuesday and sought his intervention to desist leaders from Kerala from engaging in a “false propaganda’’ and await final orders of …
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam on Monday flew to Seoul to advise the Korean government on the second Nuclear Security Summit in March next year. The summit will seek to prevent terrorists and non-state actors from getting hold of nuclear material. Kalam, who has been credited with Pokhran-II, …
The Centre is in regular touch with Tamil Nadu government to solve the stalemate at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said here on Sunday. Addressing a press conference here, he said top scientists are pursuing the issues with the Tamil …
Rebuttal by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy soon The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Sunday slammed the report of the Government-appointed expert committee on Kudankulam as being extremely flawed, premised on obsolete demographic data and opaque on the risks from sub-volcanic activity near the site or health impact …
Mr V. Narayanasamy, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, said he expects a breakthrough in the impasse over the Koodankulam nuclear power project. “The talks are on… We are hopeful of a solution soon,” he said at the sidelines of a conference here on Wednesday. Earlier in …
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy on Wednesday briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the situation in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where an agitation is on against the commissioning of the nuclear power plant. Later speaking to journalists, Mr. Narayanasamy expressed hope that the stalemate would …
In the backdrop of protests on Kundankuam nuclear power plant, a top Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) official is delivering a public lecture on ‘nuclear literacy' at the Central Electrochemical Research Institute campus in Karaikudi on November 29. This programme is a part of the free science mela being organised …
Protest against nuclear plant on World Fisheries Day Cases have been registered against anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) struggle committee convener S.P. Udhayakumar and 2,000 others for trespassing into the premises of the nuclear power project from sea on Monday. The protesters had announced that the fishermen, as part of …
The Project Location: Koodankulam is located in Tirunelveli district, on Tamil Nadu’s southern tip Number of reactors in Phase 1: Two reactors, of 1,000 MW each Reactor profile: Pressurised water kind, or VVER. The Russian abbreviation stands for water-cooled, water-moderated energy reactor. Accord for the plant: Signed between India and …
The former foreign secretary and the Prime Minister’s special envoy on climate change, Mr Shyam Saran, said that India need not have to revise its nuclear plans in the aftermath of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. “If there is no nuclear power, you will have to …
The second meeting of the experts committees formed by the central and the Tamil Nadu governments to allay fears about the Koodamkulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu ended in a stalemate on Friday, said a leader of the anti-project protesters. "Members of the experts panel appointed by the …
Any more fears not based on scientific principles, says member The reactors of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project having state-of-the-art safety features are the safest, the Central panel of experts has certified. Explaining the features of the KKNPP's 1,000 MWe VVER reactors, the panel's convener A. E. Muthunayagam, an oceanography …
Talks to break the logjam over the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project made no headway today with protestors terming as “failure” the discussions with the Central government’s expert committee on the issue. The 15-member panel on a three-day visit to the plant as part of efforts to allay people’s fears …
"Commission Kudankulam nuclear project immediately" Demanding the immediate commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) the Tamil Nadu Kshatriya Nadar Iyakkam has proposed to organise a fast at Palayamkottai on Saturday in which leaders from various communities are likely to participate. In a statement, founder president of the movement R. …
The rules on civil nuclear liability which have been notified by the UPA government may figure during the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama tomorrow in Bali on the margins of the ASEAN and East Asia summits. Even as the Left parties opposed the …
Presentation to Tamilnadu Government nominees and people representatives regarding safety of KKNPP on 18-11-2011 in the office of District Collector, Tirunelveli by Expert Group on KKNPP constituted by Government of India.
The multi-disciplinary experts committee set up by the central government to interact with officials of the Tamil Nadu government and representatives of the anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) movement held intensive deliberations on Wednesday, officials said. "The deliberations are intense with the committee members asking probing questions from Nuclear Power …
“Church premises used for stir against Kudankulam plant” As some of the churches are being used to disseminate anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) messages, urging the people to join the ongoing protest against the nuclear power project, the police here have started registering cases against priests who either allow or …
PMK leader S. Ramadoss, who has been running a campaign against nuclear power plants, on Tuesday wanted the closure of the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station by 2020, saying the plant was posing health hazards to the people in Kancheepuram and Chennai districts. Talking to reporters, Dr Ramadoss said the Kudankulam …
CHENNAI: The two 1,000 MW reactors of Koodankulam plant are not governed by the nuclear liability law as the agreement signed with Russia in 1988 did not have any such provisions, according to member and former chairman of atomic energy commission M R Srinivasan. The agreement with Russia was signed …
