Taking cue from Tamil Nadu villagers protesting against the 2,000-Mw Kudankulam nuclear power project, their counterparts in Maharashtra have decided to step up their agitation against the proposed plant at Madban along the Konkan Coast. Project-affected persons from 10 villages in the vicinity of the project site have announced a ‘jail bharo’ agitation on January 24 and 25 to press for the cancellation of 9,900-Mw nuclear project in Ratnagiri district.

French, Russian regulators say no need to change designs of projects at Jaitapur and Kundankulam.

French major Areva also claims safety of EPRs, but critics not convinced.

The evolutionary pressurised reactors (EPRs) that Areva is interested in supplying to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) as part of the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power in Maharashtra will offer 15 per cent savings on uranium per mega-watt produced as compared to other reactors, according to the French nuclear major.

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) and the Union power ministry would soon be approaching the Supreme Court for an urgent challenge to the rising trend among states to invoke Sect

Claims necessary documents being submitted to AERB to carry out the task.

It aims zero power cuts, reduction in technical losses & easy distribution tariffs.

Companies using biomass to generate power are worried over the rise in closures due to the burgeoning cost of raw materials.

A Central panel has assuaged fears surrounding the Kudankulam nuclear project, in Tamil Nadu.

The Russain government will provide soft-term credit at four per cent interest for phases III to VI of the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu, identical to that extended for phases I an

Effect to vary, though power projects dependent on imported equipment and foreign borrowing may see major cost issue.

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