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 …
The Swiss government decided Wednesday to abandon plans to build new nuclear reactors, while European Union regulators agreed on a framework for stress-testing theirs, as repercussions from the disaster in Japan continue to ripple across Europe. A nuclear plant in Leibstadt, Switzerland. The country will phase out nuclear energy slowly. …
The Swiss government decided on Wednesday to phase out nuclear power by 2034 after the Japan disaster shook public confidence in the industry, but said it will not shut any existing power plants prematurely. The Swiss government suspended the approvals process for three new nuclear power stations in March pending …
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to announce a drive toward renewable energy, including slashing the cost of solar power, when he meets fellow leaders of the G8 rich nations group later this week, media reports say. One target will be to increase the use of solar power 15-fold …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has begun a fact-finding mission to unravel the causes of Japan's ongoing radiation crisis that was triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The IAEA said the mission, from Tuesday to June 2, would assess the
Germany is coping without about three quarters of its nuclear power capacity by burning more climate-warming coal, reaping the rewards of renewables investments, and importing more French atomic energy. The shutdown over the weekend of another nuclear plant means almost 16 gigawatts (GW) of German nuclear power capacity was offline …
To dispel fears of villagers opposed to the nuclear power project in Jaitapur, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will distribute a comic book that will also focus on the benefits they would reap from nuclear energy. The comic, Ek Tha Budhiya: Kahani Ek Khushal Gaon Ki (The Story …
Lamenting the lack of public debate in India, the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, A.P. Shah, said during the public hearing on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy here on Saturday that the Jaitapur nuclear power project would be a catastrophe if all the safety …
The accident at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has led to much discussion about the future of nuclear power. I believe one important lesson of the accident has been overlooked. Nuclear power is often touted as a solution to climate change, but Fukushima serves as a warning that far …
In a setback for the only model of nuclear reactor for which ground has been broken in the United States, government regulators have found additional problems with the design of its shield building, a crucial component, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Friday. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission …
MUMBAI: The central hall at St Xavier's College had a packed audience on Thursday, the first day of the 'people's tribunal on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy'. Environmental activists, researchers, project-affected persons and retired navy personnel deposed before the tribunal headed by A P Shah, former …
The European Union will likely reach a deal on the shape of stress tests for the bloc's 143 nuclear reactors in the next few days, European Union Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Thursday. The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group, ENSREG, and the EU's executive Commission came close to a …
Britain is to push on with its nuclear plant building plans and let existing reactors run as normal, the government said on Wednesday after its nuclear watchdog dismissed fears of a Fukushima-like disaster in the UK. Britain's position contrasts with Japan, Germany and Italy which are re-thinking their nuclear plans …
Nuclear inspector Weightman said the causes of the Japan N-accident are far beyond the most extreme events the UK could expect to experience. Nuclear reactors in May 18: Nuclear reactors in the UK have a strong safety culture and do not need to make immediate safety improvements, the nuclear watchdog …
Staff have been cut, contractors laid off, offices closed and even furniture disposed of. But despite all its efforts to back away from plans to store spent nuclear fuel deep under Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the administration of US President Barack Obama just can't seem to bury the idea.
Japan unveiled new plans on Tuesday to contain the crisis at a crippled nuclear plant after admitting it faced greater challenges than first disclosed, but kept its goal of bringing the reactors under control by January. More than two months after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and a deadly tsunami set …
Some nuclear plants could do a better job preparing for a catastrophic event, including ensuring safety equipment is in good working order, the top federal nuclear regulator said on Friday. All U.S. plants, however, could withstand a catastrophic event, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a review launched after a …
