Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
in one of the worst nuclear accidents in Japan's history, on September 30, high levels of radiation leaked from a uranium processing plant at Tokaimura, some 140 kilometres from Tokyo, exposing around 50 people to radiation, three of whom are said to be in a serious condition. Prior to this …
Metal fatigue was apparently responsible for last month's nuclear plant accident in Japan's Fukui Prefecture. According to a recent announcement by the plant operator, a massive amount of radioactive coolant water had leaked from a cracked reactor pipe. The ministry of international trade and industry has submitted its report to …
about 20 tonnes of radioactive coolant water leaked from an eight-cm-long crack in a pipe at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, on July 12, officials of the Japan Atomic Power Co said. No radiation leaked outside the No 2 reactor building where the accident occurred, they …
greenpeace said nato 's (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) bombing of Yugoslavia is not only causing widespread pollution in the Balkans but risking a major nuclear accident. "We are concerned about the missiles that keep striking Bulgaria, with some even reaching Sofia,' Stelios Psomas, director of Greenpeace Greece, said in a …
The 20th anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident, the worst commercial nuclear mishap in us history, was marked by a candle protest and anti-nuclear speeches. More than 100 protesters spoke out against atomic power and recalled the horror, that had gripped the nation for days and led to the …
THE threat posed by the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria, UK, has extended through the Arctic Ocean into the waters of northern Canada. According to a new Canadian study, the radioactive contamination, which had not been previously picked up so far from Britain, is having a bigger impact on …
Japan's nuclear dreams nearly went up in smoke when an accident occured at the prototype fast-breeder reactor, Monju, in the second week of December. About three tons of sodium leaked from a cooling system at Monju, necessitating a shutdown. The 280-megawatt reactor is operated by the government's Power Reactor and …
Filmmakers and artists are known for voicing social concerns in their work. But there are few musicians or vocalists who are sensitive to social issues. Sting, now on his own - having bro- ken away from The Police - has decided to bring a progressive element in his music. His …
DOES "Ghivali" sound familiar any longer? Hardly? The tragic truth is that people are already starting to forget that this semi-pucca village, sitting rather uneasily just 1.23 km from the barely-year-old-but-already cranky nuclear waste immobilisation plant at Tarapur, had only recently seen 30 cattleheads die due to a nuclear leak. …
AOTHER disaster in Chernobyl could well be in the making, warn Western and Russian scientists. A report funded by the European Commission, and flashed by The Observer, a UK daily, says that the pillars supporting the reactor building and the 2,000-tonne roof are in danger of collapsing. This could send …
AS THE first president of the International Green Cross (IGC) -- an organisation that has been set up to help victims of human-made disasters and is to have offices at Geneva and The Hague -- ousted Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachov's new responsibility is to save the planet. At IGC's formal …
AN EXPLODING tank of radioactive waste at a secret weapons plant in western Siberia is reportedly contaminating much of the surrounding area. In what is billed as the worst nuclear accident in the region since the Chernobyl disaster, a radioactive cloud billowed northeastward from Tomsk-7. Officials said the exact amount …
When the turbine generator unit of the Narora atomic power plant caught fire on March 31, the department of atomic energy was quick to boast about the efficient working of the plant's indigenously-developed safety systems. The 220-mw plant in Uttar Pradesh is equipped with two safety systems; one shuts down …
NUCLEAR energy can be good business. And for the ailing West European nuclear industry, the unsafe nuclear reactors of its eastern neighbours has come as a boon. Siemens AG of Germany has announced that its power-plant division would form a consortium that will undertake rehabilitation of nuclear reactors in Ukraine, …
I have read with interest the article “Kudankulam Meltdown” by Latha Jishnu and others. Since it is based on a direct interaction with the people residing near the project site, it has authenticity. I live in Visakhapatnam which is close to Kovvada where NPCIL is planning to set up another …
Farmers and other villagers affected by the proposed 6000 MW nuclear power plant at village Mithi Virdi in Bhavnagar, Gujarat took out a massive rally on 23 Sep 2013 and presented this memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. “Not here, not anywhere; not in any country in …
