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 …
Becomes second nuclear plant in the world to produce power uninterrupted for 739 days The Atomic Power Station at Rawatbhata achieved a feat on Monday when Unit-5 completed 739 days of uninterrupted power production. With this achievement the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station becomes the second nuclear plant in the world …
The government is addressing the concerns raised by domestic suppliers over certain provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010 and is working out a scheme to obtain appropriate insurance cover from domestic insurance companies. Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for …
There was less than 1% increase in power generation from TAPS during the year as compared to the previous fiscal Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) near here generated 28% of India's total nuclear energy production in the fiscal ended March 31. The total nuclear power generated in the country in …
Mumbai : Anti-Jaitapur activists led by Pradeep Indulkar have now taken their protests global by launching a massive campaign in Germany, where they are organising 15 shows of his Yellow Oscar winning documentary film High Power on project affected people of the Tarapur nuclear power plant. While the short film …
Board is yet to develop 27 out of the 168 safety documents despite recommendations by two panels in 1987 and 1997 The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Wednesday pulled up the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for not preparing a nuclear and radiation safety policy for the …
India Risks Upsetting Either Russia Or US And France New Delhi: As India prepares to sign a key agreement with Russia on two new Kudankulam reactors (KK-3 and 4), the Prime Minister’s Office has highlighted a fundamental problem with the thorny issue of nuclear liability which not only threatens the …
With the technology hurdle no longer in the way, India is readying thorium supplies to fuel its pilot advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR) that is currently in the works. On July 7, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) proposed amendments to the 1998 Policy on Exploitation of Beach Sand Minerals …
Even as the protest against the commissioning of the nuclear power project at Koodankulam was revived by the local people on Tuesday, the plant is set to have a new chief, a senior engineer who grew up in the same district. R S Sundar, presently the station director of units …
In its robust performance, the State-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) generated 32,455 million units (MUs) of power during the year ending March 31, surpassing its previous electricity generation record of 26,473 MUs during the previous financial year. With its power generation having gone by 23 per cent …
In a clear departure from the existing practice of keeping nuclear waste in borosilicate glass containers, the department of atomic energy wants to bury it underground. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee is pushing for setting up an underground laboratory in an existing uranium mine to study the qualities of …
Much heat was generated when anti-nuclear protestors raised concerns over the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) at an interactive session on “Safety of Kudankulam Reactors – The Real Facts” here on Thursday with former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission M.R. Srinivasan. At the session organised by Kural, …
The Supreme Court on Monday stated that if a viable proposal for a nuclear regulatory authority was brought before it after a public debate, it might recommend the suggestions to the government. But it declined to go beyond that. “The Supreme Court will remain Supreme Court; not Parliament or government,” …
Taking note of the rehabilitation issue of over 400 fishermen displaced by the Tarapur nuclear project, the Bombay High Court directed the Thane Collector to submit a report on a proposal of allocating agricultural land for the displaced families in Palghar. The proposal was given by BJP leader and former …
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Thane collector to file a report stating whether it would be possible to give the 433 fisherfolk families displaced due to the Tarapur atomic power plant project a hectare of land each to cultivate. A division bench of Justice B H Marlapalle …
Kudankulam seems to be rocking India’s ambitious nuclear power programme. A crisis-like atmosphere prevails due to the stoppage of pre-commissioning fuel loading in Kudankulam’s 1000 MW capacity first reactor. Why? Because of the post-Fukushima apprehensions, no doubt, but equally because of lack of adequate comprehension of the nuclear issue, further …
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 state government has not objected to providing land near the sea to fishermen who were 'rehabilitated' five km away from the sea because of the Tarapur Nuclear Power project. In a report submitted to the Bombay high court on Tuesday by the Joint Secretary (Rehabilitation) Sadhanand Jadhav, Department of …
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it has no objection in providing land near sea to those fishermen who were rehabilitated farther from the seashore after setting up the Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant in neighbouring Thane district. "As per a government resolution passed on February 4, …
Even as the Indo-US nuclear deal completes three years on October 8, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has emphasised that India should have the right to reprocess imported spent fuel. The DAE said the deal should in no way affect India’s indigenous nuclear programme. The remarks were made by …
First reprocessing unit to be set at Tarapur in Maharashtra The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has designed and developed the first of its kind advanced automation system for transferring spent fuel bundles of pressurised heavy water reactors for nuclear reprocessing plants. "Introduction of this automation system for reprocessing plant is …
