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Makes clear that 17 safety measures are additional, not a condition precedent Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati asserted in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was absolutely safe and all apprehensions on safety of the plant were completely baseless. Making this submission before a Bench of …
The Supreme Court (SC) today asked the government what mechanism it will put in place to handle nuclear waste at the Kudankulam power plant once it becomes operational. A Bench of justices, K S Radhakrishnan and Deepak Misra asked the Centre and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCL), which …
The State unit of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) has adopted a resolution urging the Centre to allot the entire quantum of power generated by the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project to Tamil Nadu initially. At the end of the unit’s executive committee meeting at Sathyamurti Bhavan on Monday, its president …
Russia on Monday expressed its displeasure over the civil nuclear liability law that seeks to cover Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) 3 and 4 and problems faced by its telecom company Sistema saying that the rules of the game should not be changed mid-way. Unit 1 of KKNPP is due …
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out through the mountains to complete construction of a 14.5-km-long tunnel for the Kameng hydroelectric project, nestled in …
Delhi Ready To Renegotiate Reactors’ Cost If Moscow Wants New Delhi: India on Monday conveyed to Russia that the third and fourth units of Kudankulam reactors will have to be brought under the purview of its nuclear liability law and that it was willing to renegotiate the price issue, if …
Ahead of a bilateral meeting here Monday, Russia said Sunday the cost of the next phase of the Kood-ankulam atomic project will rise if it has to bear extra liabilities in case of a possible nuclear accident. Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, who has come for the Inter-Governmental Commission …
Documentary film that shows different facets of the issue A thousand vociferous appeals in Tamil against a nuclear plant merge into Bob Marley’s inspiring call to fight for one’s rights. A little girl arranges electric bulbs to form the words, ‘Say no to nuclear’. Cut to images from a city …
Poland will pursue its plan to build the country's first nuclear power station, a government member said on Monday, playing down suggestions from commentators that the 50 billion zlotys ($15.8 billion) investment might be scrapped. The nuclear program, run by Poland's top utility PGE, was not mentioned in Prime Minister …
There are lessons to be learnt from Japan, given the dilemma it finds itself in. Should it continue running its 50 nuclear power plants or do away with them within a specific time frame? Opinions, after the Fukushima disaster, are sharply divided. The latest attempt by the Japanese government to …
Kudankulam plant must be governed by constitutional principles of absolute liability and ‘polluter pays’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition seeking a direction that the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu not commissioned without resolving Russia’s liability in case of …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a vital question on the foreign suppliers’ liability in case of an accident in reactors at Kudankualm nuclear power project: whether reactors 2 and 3 were covered under the liability clause since petitioners had stated that reactors 1 and 2 were not …
Two sides also discuss possibility of technological cooperation in gas hydrates that are tough to extract In the second interaction of its kind this year, India has agreed to test-run Japanese projects intended to improve or utilise the country’s basic energy resources such as coal and water. During the India-Japan …
Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), which completed initial fuel loading at the Kudankulam plant, would soon seek the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) nod to close the reactor vessel before starting the process for the reactor to attain criticality. Meanwhile, NPC and the Depart-ment of Atomic Energy are preparation its arguments …
A sea-based agitation against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project passed off peacefully on Monday, with around 700 boats, including 150 mechanised vessels, carrying more than 3,000 fishermen participating in the protest. With black flags fluttering on their boats, protesters raised slogans against the ready-to-be-commissioned nuclear complex and the Central and …
Initial fuel loading having been completed, firm looks at safety measures at the project site for Thursday's hearing Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), which completed initial fuel loading at the Kudankulam plant, would soon seek the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) nod to close the reactor vessel before starting the process …
Madurai, 7 Oct: Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), spearheading the stir, would lay siege to the sea at about 500 metres away from the KNPP tomorrow. Fishers, farmers, traders and volunteers of various political parties from Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and …
The European Union’s energy chief may have declared that the bloc’s 143 nuclear power stations are “satisfactory” but a report on the state of each of those nuclear reactors has pointed to hundreds of problems was presented to EU three days ago in Brussels. The report suggests that the problems …
Members of the Congress’s Chennai districts held a demonstration in support of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. They played the electricity card, raising questions over whether the protestors did not want electricity for their homes. “The power situation in TN is already in a bad state. If we …
“Any agreement in violation of statute or law is void,” says Bench The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union government to explain whether an agreement with Russia to waive civil liability in case of an accident at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant would have an impact on the exchequer. …
