Jaitapur locals blast minister over land lost to power plant
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Consider concerns over Jaitapur nuclear project: CPI
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French and Indian nuclear power companies. Demanding that the government revi
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Make public nuclear pact with French firm: CPI
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French civil nuclear company Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Li
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Drive against Jaitapur nuclear plant picks steam
Following the nuclear disaster at Japan
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Safety review is possible, says Jayanthi Natarajan
The Government may consider tighter environment and safety norms for the Kudankulam nuclear plant even as it insists that all current conditions are being strictly complied with. Asked if a safety review was on the cards, given the Supreme Court’s statement on Thursday that the plant could be shut if the safety aspects were not satisfactorily ensured, Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said: “I am willing to consider [a re-look] in terms of safety. Right now, there is full compliance of all the conditions we imposed… We are very confident all conditions are being scrupulously followed.”
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Villagers boo officials at talks on Jaitapur safety
As former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar shared the dais with its current chairman Srikumar Banerjee for the first time in the locality, protesters jeered officials of the Department of Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Power Corporation and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
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Jaitapur n-reactors flagged off but liability concerns remain
New Delhi and Paris had begun preparations for French President Nicolas Sarkozy
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AEC chairman warns of serious damage to Kudankulam plant
It is not a car factory where you can switch off the systems: NPCIL chairman The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) ran the risk of being seriously damaged with blockades creating a major impediment in ensuring that the plant systems functioned at a minimal level, scientists warned on Friday.
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Jaitapur: Deficit of public trust
The government has approved the construction of a 9900 MW (megawatt) nuclear park at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), a public sector undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), will own this mega power project.
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DAE in a fix over high cost of nuclear power
New Delhi : As the generation cost for nuclear power plants — to be set up with the help of French and American companies — is turning out to be on the higher side, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
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Clearance can't be withdrawn
Rejecting the demand for withdrawal of the environmental clearance given to the Jaitapur power plant, environment minister Jairam Ramesh accused the Shiv Sena of politicising this issue and of whipping up public opinion against the setting up of the plant. Mr Ramesh stressed that
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Jaitapur nuke plant gets conditional nod
Final Clearance After AERB Approval As NEERI Okay Does Not Deal With Radiation Concerns THE Expert Appraisal Committee of the environment ministry has given a conditional clearance to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra.
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Nuke, thermal power plants under study
A Western Ghats ecology expert panel headed by Madhav Gadgil will be scrutinising proposed nuclear power park at Jaitapur and four thermal power plants in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra from the angle of protection of environment during their 9-day visit from October 4. There will be field visits to the proposed thermal power plants at Bhopam and Dhopave on October 5 and 6 resp
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Ratnagiri villages haunch campaign against Jaitapur n-power project
SHWETA DESAI JATTAPUR, OCTOBER 8 VILLAGERS and activists in a handful of hamlets in Maharashtra on Tuesday came together to launch a campaign opposing what is expected to be the first big beneficiary of the Indo-US nuclear deal - two 1,000 MW plants proposed to be built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) in Jaitapur.
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Kudankulam unit-I to be operational by year-end
Atomic Energy Commission chairman R K Sinha said the first unit of 1,000 Mw at the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu should be operational by the end of the calender year. Fuel loading, deferred after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) directed upgrade of safety applications, was on and would be complete in one and a half months. “However, it will not be possible to give you an exact time when the first unit would be commissioned, especially in view of further directives from AERB and also because of a case pending in the Supreme Court.
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NPCIL, Areva finalising contracts for two reactors
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Areva, one of the biggest reactor manufacturers of France, are finalising contracts for two 1,650 MWe-European Pressurised Reactor plants at Jaitapur, Maharashtra, by the year-end, according to French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont.
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Draft ecological assessment for Mithivirdi atomic project ready
Engineers India Ltd has completed a preliminary report for the environmental impact assessment for Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd’s (NPCIL) proposed 6x1,000-megawatt (Mw) project at Mithivirdi, Gujarat. US nuclear reactor supplier Westinghouse Electric Co has signed a memorandum of understanding with NPCIL, agreeing to negotiate an early works agreement for setting up six AP1000 units at Mithivirdi. The AP1000 is a two-loop pressurised water reactor sold by Westinghouse. “This is a draft EIA report, which will be further scrutinised,” NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director K C Purohit told Business Standard.
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Jairam cites Fukushima to question Jaitapur
Once again distancing himself from his government, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has raised several red flags on India
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Mithi Virdi on warpath against nuclear plant
An angry protest is gathering momentum in Mithi Virdi, a picturesque village in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district. Four villages have united forces to oppose a nuclear plant coming up in their vicinity. Mithi