Cost of power holding up deal on Jaitapur
Liability law not an issue, says French Foreign Minister As India and France inch towards a deal on setting up two nuclear power reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, issues other than the nuclear liability
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Ramesh backs atomic energy generation, Jaitapur nuclear plant
Batting for the use of atomic energy, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today slammed environmentalists opposed to it, saying the ongoing debate over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant was more political than technical in nature. Amid concerns over nuclear waste management at the 10,000Mw plant in Maharashtra, Ramesh said it was not an immediate problem for India.
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Hollande discusses Rafale, Jaitapur with PM
French President Francois Hollande today discussed the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant, under the Indo-French civil nuclear partnership, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The $10-billion Rafale medium multi-role combat aircraft deal was also discussed. The aircraft are manufactured by French firm Dassault Aviation This is Hollande’s first official visit to an Asian country since he was elected President of France last year. “This demonstrates the importance of this relationship to our two countries
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Review nod to Jaitapur project: Communist Party of India(M)
The state wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi revert the decision of environmental clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra
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Don’t restrain anti-nuclear activists: HC
MUMBAI: In a victory for anti-Jaitapur nuclear plant activists who claimed their fundamental rights to speech and movement were being trampled upon, the Bombay high court directed the state government
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Facts about Jaitapur nuclear power plant
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Cost of electricity from the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant
The Indian government has announced that it plans to purchase six European Pressurised Reactors for Jaitapur from the French company, Areva. No EPR is in commercial operation anywhere else in the world.
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Jaitapur nuclear plant: Villagers reject revised compensation package offered by govt
MUMBAI: The state government's effort to break the deadlock over the Jaitapur nuclear project by hiking the compensation for the farmers has run in to a road block as it has been rejected by the villagers. The state government had announced a revised compensation package for the farmers to acquire the land for the nuclear power plant. The state announced Rs 22.5 lakh per hectare as the rate for acquisition of land which earlier was ranged from Rs 50,000 to Rs 4 lakh per acre. The government hopes that an enhanced compensation would ensure that the villagers stop opposing the 9,900 mw nuclear project. According to government officials 2,135 farmers will benefit from the move.
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Jaitapur nuclear plant no threat to life: Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman
Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Anil Kakodkar, on Friday said the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district posed no threat to marine or human life and to horticulture in the Konkan.
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“We don’t want more money… we don’t want Jaitapur”
The Maharashtra government’s decision to give increased compensation to the Project-Affected People (PAP) of the proposed 9900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP), in the backdrop of French President Francois Hollande’s visit to India, has met with serious opposition. The farmers and fishermen fighting against the JNPP on Thursday rejected the increased compensation package declared by the government, calling it a “cruel joke.”
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BJP reiterates support for Jaitapur nuclear power plant, despite Sena objections
Notwithstanding the opposition of its junior partner Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said the 9,900-Mw nuclear power project at Jaitapur in the coastal Ratnagiri district
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Boost for Jaitapur n-project: 61 pc opt for new land compensation deal
Mumbai : The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) has picked pace with 61 per cent of the project affected persons (PAPs) accepting the additional land compensation package of Rs 22.5 lakh per hectare
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Don't fund Jaitapur, locals urge European banks
They have intensified their cause to save the environment from effects of radioactivity. Indian government officials are set to meet French and other European investors over the week in Paris to discuss
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Public tribunal for Jaitapur to sit from May 19-21
Exactly one year after the much controversial public hearing, which was held for the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant, the anti-project activists on Monday announced the first ever
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Jaitapur nuclear plant gets Jairam thumbs-up, but with 35 riders
Just a week after clearing the Navi Mumbai airport project, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today gave the green signal to the country
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Maharashtra govt prosecutes 2 anti-Jaitapur activists
Maharashtra government has informed Bombay high court that it has initiated criminal prosecution against two activists, including a retired high court judge, protesting against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant for violating restrain orders. The high court is hearing a petition filed by the retired judge BG Kolse Patil and social activist Vaishali Patil challenging the restrain order pa
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Biodiversity conservation plan for Jaitapur gets panel's nod
Environment Minister has now to decide on go-ahead for the plan prepared in consultation with BNHS and state forests and wildlife dept Biodiversity conservation plan for the Jaitapur nuclear power project
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Jaitapur nuclear project talks stuck over cost-sharing
Civil nuclear liability regime, slow decision making also impacted negotiations between NPC & Areva The 9,900-Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra is caught in a cobweb of mandatory legislative requirements due to the civil nuclear liability regime, slow decision-making, a surge in cost due to the weak rupee and more safety applications.
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Sena forces Kakodkar to skip Jaitapur reference
The Shiv Sena on Monday did not allow the city-based Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) — funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) — to hold discussion on the Jaitapur nuclear power plant
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Pawar stirs Jaitapur issue
Sharad Pawar To send expert panel for effects on fisheries, mangoes. While reiterating his earlier support for the Jaitapur nuclear project in Maharashtra