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 …
State-owned Oil and 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 are in discussions with NPCIL for incorporating a joint venture for setting up a nuclear power …
Thiruvananthapuram faces high risk from Kudankulam nuclear plant and people of the city will have to be evacuated if an explosion occurs at Kudankulam nuclear plant, T. Shivaji Rao, Director, Environmental Studies, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, has said. If the wind flows from South East during an accident, Thiruvanathapuram district would …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) has built into its design a multi-layered safety mechanism along with additional protocols to safeguard against systemic or human error at the 2000-MW station, nuclear experts said on Sunday. The incorporation of broad-ranging safety features makes the plant completely safe and insulated from a …
CHENNAI: The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) will conduct workshops on the safety of nuclear reactors, its Director K Ramamurthy said on Sunday, to help the common man appreciate the high standards of safety measures in place and dispel doubts. Speaking to reporters here on the sidelines of a seminar …
Locals’ Rental Business Falls As Migrants Who Worked At Site Leave After Losing Jobs Kudankulam: It was once a sleepy hamlet with rolling stretches of barren land, little agricultural activity and hardly any economy to boast of. But the nuclear power project transformed Kudankulam drastically. There was a minor real …
A top official of Madras Atomic Power Station on Sunday sought to allay fears of people on the safety of nuclear power plants, particularly at Koodankulam, saying there was no need to panic as all protective norms have been followed. “There is no need to panic as all safety norms …
The Centre on Thursday set up a 15-member experts group for interaction with the local people in and around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant project as part of an exercise to allay their apprehensions about the project. The panel consists of experts from a range of disciplines, including radiation safety, …
New Delhi France has assured India that the proposed nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra would follow the highest safety standards. Addressing a joint press conference at the end of talks with his Indian counterpart SM Krishna on Thursday, French foreign minister Alan Juppe said: "We discussed the issue of …
The Centre has announced a 15-member expert group to allay apprehensions on the Kudankulam nuclear power project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised setting up of such a group to assure villagers and activists resisting commissioning of the Russian-aided project. The expert group comprises specialists in various areas including environmental …
The Centre has announced the setting up of a 15-member group of experts to interact with stakeholders in a bid to allay widespread apprehensions about the upcoming Kudankulam nuclear power project. The Department of Atomic Energy’s decision to constitute the expert group, which is being seen as a neutral body …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the Centre will announce the setting up of a high-level group on the Kudankulam nuclear plant issue “today or tomorrow.” Dr. Singh had offered to set up a group to assuage the fears of the local population and the State government in a letter …
Following a direction by the Prime Minister, the Department of Atomic Energy on Wednesday constituted a 15-member group of independent experts to answer questions of protesters at the Koodankulam nuclear power project site in Tamil Nadu. The 15-member group, that includes experts from outside DAE, has been asked to talk …
To assuage the fears of the locals and the Tamil Nadu Government, the Centre today announced setting up of a 15-member group of experts over the Kudankulam nuclear plant project. “We have set up a 15-member group of experts,” officials said here. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, had last …
New Delhi: In its post-Fukushima review of nuclear safety, India has ramped up safeguards at its atomic power plants with three layers of power back-ups, water pipes drawn from offsite locations, elevated water towers and options for injecting nitrogen to prevent explosions. With public concern spiking after the Japanese disaster …
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, has reiterated the Government's stand that work on the Kudankulam nuclear power project should resume only after the Centre allays the fears of the people on safety issues. In a statement released to the media, the Chief Minister said that the Centre …
NPCIL told to submit evidence to back safety claims If the commissioning of the first two units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) has been stalled by protests from locals backed by the State government, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is sweating it out with the Union …
A conference of the Paristhiti Samrakshana Ekopana Samithi (environment protection coordination committee) here on Monday called upon the Union government to take steps to address the fears of people about the Kudankulam nuclear power plant project. A statement in this connection said the fears should be seen in the backdrop …
Blaming the Centre’s “inaction” for the stalemate over the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant issue, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, today said her government was firm on suspension of the work on the controversial project till people’s concerns were addressed. In a strongly worded statement, she slammed the …
The anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) agitation was temporarily called off by the activists on Sunday to enable people to vote in the local body elections, a representative of the protesters said, amid reports of villagers harassing employees of the plant. "We have decided to call off the agitation temporarily …
The week-long anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) agitation has been suspended for two days from Sunday following local body elections in Tamil Nadu. Leaders of the anti-KNPP movement announced in Idinthakarai that the stir was being suspended to allow people to vote in the twophased local body elections but would …
