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 …
Four-lane highways, a mega desalination plant, construction of houses, schools, hospitals as well as cold storages are amongst the suggestions to the central government made by former president A.P.J. Kalam for the development of Kudankulam and surrounding areas in Tamil Nadu. In a report, Kalam, who Sunday visited the Kudankulam …
Lending his support to the efforts to clear apprehensions on safety of the upcoming nuclear reactors at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu, former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said he was fully convinced that there was absolutely no reason for worry. Talking to reporters in Chennai after visiting the plant, Kalam …
Amid increasing concerns over the safety of nuclear plants in the country in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a five-member US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) team, led by its Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko, will visit India from November 14-18 to meet Indian officials to exchange information and share experience …
The Centre’s expert committee, set up to allay the fears of locals over the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) will meet today. This will be the first time that the Centre’s 15-member expert panel is meeting after anti-KNPP activists announced setting up of a 21-member committee, comprising scientists and …
With the former President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, backing the Kudankulam nuclear project, the Janata Party president, Mr Subramanian Swamy, today demanded that the Tamil Nadu Government take action against those protesting against the atomic plant. He said the Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, must perform her “constitutional and statutory …
Jayalalitha knows her state needs power, but spars with the UPA over the N-plant Pushpa Iyengar The Quick Switch... CM’s opposition to the N-plant at Koodankulam a manifestation of differences with the Centre Jayalalitha is upset Centre not clearing Rs 2.5 lakh-crore for TN She has done a volte face …
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Srikumar Banerjee on Friday expressed the hope that the Union government's committee of experts and the Tamil Nadu government's panel of its nominees and spokespersons of the Kudankulam area would hold their first meeting “as early as possible” to resolve the issue of agitation against …
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, on Friday sought to allay fears over the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, saying it was absolutely risk-free and designed to be safe from calamities including tsunami. Speaking on sustainable development and energy security during the 18th Foundation …
The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has expanded its existing ‘scientific team' and constituted an ‘Expert Panel' with 21 members for inspecting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). “The proposed panel comprises noted scientists, engineers, doctors, environmentalists, columnists and advocates with the objectives of guiding the movement, educating the …
Personnel unable to enter plant: AEC chairman Work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu has “halted” because the plant personnel are “unable to go inside” and this situation has arisen “when we need several thousands of people to work inside during the last phase of work” …
Tamil Nadu has sent out a stern message to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), saying it must respect a recent state government resolution that asked the Centre to stop the work at the controversial Kudankulam project in the southern state. Further, the district administration of down-state Tirunelveli, under which Kudankulam …
CHENNAI: In a bid to highlight the need for a safe planet that now has seven billion people, about 40 babies will Tuesday fast for an hour as part of the continuing protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, an activist said. "While the world is celebrating …
Q&A;: En Dudkin, Head, Russian specialists, Kudankulam nuclear project En Dudkin Local resistance has meant denial of entry into Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam site for 130 Russian scientists and engineers who are in India since 2002, developing the nuclear project. En Dudkin, head of the Russian specialists group, tells Sanjay Jog …
It is not a car factory where you can switch off the systems: NPCIL chairman The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) ran the risk of being seriously damaged with blockades creating a major impediment in ensuring that the plant systems functioned at a minimal level, scientists warned on Friday. “In …
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49% stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "We are in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power plant. NPCIL …
Foreign activists are playing a major role in the protests against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, which was scheduled to go critical in the next two months, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) chief S K Jain said on Friday. The project, comprising two units of advanced …
Foreign environmental activists have joined hands with locals opposing the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project (KAPP), alleged Dr S. K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. He claimed that the recent protest at the KAPP was supported by environmental activists from the US, Australia, France, …
State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "We’re in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power plant. …
A top Russian nuclear constructor does not rule out delays in starting up the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in the face of continuing protests against the project. “I think talks are looming ahead on reviewing the start-up schedule,” said Alexander Glukhov, head of Atomstroiexport, the …
The anti-nuclear protests at Kudankulam entered the tenth day on Thursday, with leaders of the rainbow organisations demanding scrapping of the nuclear plant in the village hopeful that the newly-elected local body representatives will support their cause. AIADMK had scored an emphatic win last week in the local body elections …
