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 …
Even as the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster is still unfolding, Indian and Chinese administrations and utilities have confirmed their will to continue with their nuclear new build programmes relying on most advanced standards. Similar commitment is being shown by the US, Canada and Brazil. However, Italy and Switzerland have decided to reflect …
Japan on Monday expanded the evacuation zone around its crippled nuclear plant because of high levels of accumulated radiation, as a strong aftershock rattled the area one month after a quake and tsunami sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. A magnitude 7.1 tremor shook buildings in Tokyo and a …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has submitted its internal safety assessment report, which was made in the light of the Japan nuclear crisis, to the Department of Atomic Energy. As part of efforts to revisit the safety of Indian nuclear power plants, four task-forces were set up to assess …
Japan Shifts N-Plant Staff, Lifts Alert After 90 Mins Tokyo: Japan was rattled by a magnitude-7.4 aftershock and tsunami warning on Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast. Announcers on Japan
Expressing deep concern over the tsunami-triggered nuclear crisis in Japan, an ad-hoc group of nuclear safety experts from all over the world, that includes India
As the world debates the future of nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, experts have called for inclusion of binding safety standards in the international nuclear regime. A group of 15 nuclear experts, including Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of India
The nuclear crisis in Japan presents an opportunity for India to hone its nuclear technologies further and make them as failsafe as possible. THE ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan arising from the failures of the safety systems, in particular core cooling systems, of the nuclear power plants (NPPs) struck by …
Japan Readies To Inject Nitrogen Into Reactor To Prevent Blast After Hydrogen Buildup Tokyo: Workers stopped a highly radioactive leak into the Pacific off Japan
Japan's nuclear crisis drags on, exposing profound failures both at the company and in national energy policy T IS daylight, but the darkness inside the headquarters of the world
It came as no surprise when the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) admitted last week that it will scrap its stricken Fukushima Daiichi reactors. After explosions, copious radioisotope leaks and a liberal dousing with sea water, the reactors are a write-off. But what will workers encounter when they finally start …
Japan's ongoing nuclear emergency has intensified discussion on a simmering issue: the potential cancer risk from living near a reactor that is operating normally.
In the wake of growing public demands for a review of nuclear safety following Japan's Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, Parliament's Standing Committee on Science and Technology will meet next week to examine what India should do to ensure its own civil nuclear energy programme is safe. The meeting will be held …
After carrying out a complete review of its coastal nuclear sites in the wake of the tsunami-afflicted nuclear crisis in Japan, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has decided to set up tsunami alarms at all these sites that would link them up with relevant agencies including the Navy. It …
This new report provides basic quantitative and qualitative facts about nuclear power plants in operation, under construction, and in planning phases throughout the world.It finds that nearly three-quarters of reactors under construction are located in China, India, Russia & S.Korea but none of these nations have historically been transparent about …
Everyone knows about Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and, now, Fukushima. But what about Semipalatinsk, Palomares and Kyshtym? The world is full of nuclear disaster zones -- showing just how dangerous the technology really is. http://www.firstpeoplesfirst.in/admin/pdf/74_Atomic%20Deserts.pdf
Tokyo/Fukushima: As Japan grappled with its worst atomic crisis in decades, premier Naoto Kan on Thursday said the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant must be scrapped as radiation seeping into sea tested 4,385 times the legal limit, but authorities ruled out expanding the evacuation zone. French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the …
