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 …
Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster is unlikely to lead to a rise in the number of people developing cancer like after Chernobyl in 1986, even though the most exposed children may face an increased risk, U.N. scientists said on Wednesday. In a major study, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the …
The CPM will raise the issue of the upcoming nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in the state during its campaign for the parliamentary elections. The party has fielded Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria as its candidate from the Sirsa parliamentary seat. “The CPM has been consistently opposing the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut …
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said that his agency would keep working to improve safety after the Fukushima crisis The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said today his agency would keep working to improve safety after the Fukushima crisis, but no atomic plant could be "100%" safe …
Marking three years of the Fukushima disaster, AAP leader and Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan raised the pitch against the government’s attempt to bypass supplier liability provisions in their current negotiations with the Russians on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. “The cost of the Fukushima disaster has been conservatively estimated …
Atmospheric radiation levels in Tokyo are at the same level as before the Fukushima nuclear accident three years ago and are below those in Paris and London. The average radiation level in central Tokyo was 0.0339 microsieverts per hour in Shinjuku Ward on March 6, data from the Tokyo Metropolitan …
At the end of 2013, prominent scientists and pioneers of climate change studies published an open letter to the people of the world in the fight against climate change, and recommended the use of nuclear power generation. Japanese scientists and a former policy maker with the experiences of Fukushima nuclear …
Even as hopes rise of a civil nuclear accord with Japan following confirmation that its Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be the chief guest at Republic Day celebrations here, an influential lawmaker from Tokyo indicated on Monday that the path ahead was still not smooth and India should make concessions …
Unexplained plumes of radioactive steam have been rising from Fukushima's Reactor Building 3, Could a major meltdown be on the way? Fukushima's Reactor Building 3 exploded on 13th March 2011 as a result of a hydrogen buildup, breaching the building's containment and emitting a huge plume of radiation. The reactor …
Japan’s government may extend its decontamination work near the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant by up to three years, Kyodo News reported yesterday, citing unidentified government officials. Radiation cleanup work in 11 areas in Fukushima Prefecture was scheduled to be completed by March 31 under a government plan announced in January …
Harnessing nuclear energy for constructive purposes is not without risks but the country has the intelligence required to handle the challenges of using it, said Sharad Kale, Head, Technology Transfer, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He was speaking to reporters at a meet titled ‘An awareness programme on nuclear energy …
Japan is planning to earmark USD 970 million for a storage facility for tens of thousands of tonnes of soil contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima disaster, a report said today. The government will set aside the cash to buy some 3 to 5 square kilometres of land somewhere near …
New Delhi: Now, operators of nuclear plants in the country will have to report any "extraordinary nuclear event", including radiation and leakage of radioactive material, to the atomic regulator within 24 hours and file a detailed report within 10 days, according to a new order. Seeking to bring in clarity, …
A new study finds that radioactive Iodine from Fukushima has caused a significant increase in hypothyroidism among babies in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The Fukushima catastrophe has been dismissed as a potential cause of health effects even in Japan, let alone as far away as California. A …
On the eve of the ministerial round of discussions next week, Japan stunned the rest of the countries on Friday at the climate talks here by announcing that it was ditching its earlier emission reduction targets of 25 per cent reduction below 1990 levels. Instead, it pledged to reduce emissions, …
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue an alert A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan today, the US Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at a depth of 26 kilometres (16 miles) at 3:13 am (1813 GMT today), about …
Human rights experts, including a U.N. special rapporteur, are criticizing a U.N. scientific report dismissing concerns about the effects of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese public. Speaking Thursday at an event organized by U.S. and Japanese nongovernmental groups, U.N. special rapporteur on the right to health …
United Nation experts are encouraging the Japanese government to better communicate contamination goals with the public but are otherwise very positive about the progress that has been made in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident remediation efforts in Japan. The experts are from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a U.N. …
The Sri Lankan government today expressed concern over a possible nuclear threat from the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu in Southern India as it went into operation for the first time. The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said it could not rule out the possibility of a …
Contaminated water remains the greatest challenge at the Fukushima nuclear plant after the 2011 meltdown, the worst atomic disaster in a generation, the U.N.‘s nuclear watchdog said Tuesday. “The crippled reactors are in a stable condition generally,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Yukiya Amano told AFP while in the …
Britain is set to sign a deal with France's EDF for the first nuclear plant to start construction in Europe since Japan's Fukushima disaster raised safety concerns worldwide, at a cost estimated at around $23 billion. Under the deal, expected to be announced on Monday, the French utility will lead …
