Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
FACTOIDS ? 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is a pool type reactor and the design has been carried out indigenously with a strong R&D; back up from the IGCAR ? PFBR is the forerunner of the sec- ond stage of India
Top ranking nuclear scientist and principal scientific adviser, Dr R. Chidambaram, has emphasised that India is on its way to transforming itself into a developed nation. He was delivering a key lecture today at the Delhi College of Engineering on "Nuclear Energy: Energy Security and Climate Change". The question, however, …
New York: Failed investment bank Lehman Brothers sits not only on toxic subprime mortgage loans but also toxic nuclear stockpile. According to reports, the bankrupt bank holds up to 450,000 pounds of uranium
SHILLONG: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing has reiterated that Meghalaya should never allow the Centre to mine for uranium in the State, saying the proposed uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills would cause health hazards and environmental degradation. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Mr Kharshiing said recent …
SHILLONG, April 9: Former Rajya Sabha MP Robert Kharshiing today said that he will continue to oppose uranium mining in the State calling people to retain the State as a
Emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases can be reduced significantly using existing technologies, but stabilizing concentrations will require a technological revolution because it will require fundamental change, achieved within a relatively short period of time. Inspiration for a climate technology revolution is often drawn from the Apollo space program …
Mumbai, India will this week receive the first consignment of natural uranium imported from French and Russian companies for its fuel-starved reactors after it got the NSG waiver for nuclear commerce in September 2008. Around 60 tonnes of natural uranium from French company AREVA is expected to arrive at the …
With India and the US approaching another crucial phase of negotiations over implementing the civilian nuclear agreement, India has flagged key issues that it wants to be addressed. Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Monday, the prime minister
London: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown appealed on Tuesday for Iran to end its uranium enrichment programme in return for international assistance in developing nuclear power. Mr Brown said the Islamic republic had a
SHILLONG: BJP Meghalaya State Unit has entrusted the State general secretary Dr PM Passah to enquire into the alleged involvement of its Jaintia Hills district president Junior Lamin in the Uranium ore smuggling. Mr Lamin was amongst the three accused who were arrested after the Jowai police and personnel of …
Significant surface radioactive anomalies, with values up to 0.177% eU3O8 (n = 9), located during 1992 along the non-conformity contact of basement granitoid with the Srisailam Formation, around Chitrial village, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh, led to the establishment of a sizeable uranium deposit by recent exploration. Thus, intensive subsurface exploration …
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday finalised two agreements with Russia for purchase of large quantities of uranium. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) placed orders for 2,000 tonnes of uranium for its various Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) with Russia
CHENNAI: The view through the barrel-hole, situated at a height of 31 metres, is stunning. It frames the massive containment dome of the reactor building of the second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu. Tower cranes are swinging around the dome at a great height …
