Energy

Kudankulam on shaky legal ground

The debate over nuclear energy will go on, but the issue with the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) is one of the several illegalities on which it is founded.

In 1988, India inked the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant deal with the former Soviet Union. Two key elements in it were: the highly dangerous and toxic “Spent Nuclear Fuel” (SNF) would be shipped back to the Soviet Union; and the massive volumes of fresh water required to cool the plant would be supplied from Pechiparai dam, in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) formally granted approval on May 9, 1989 on this basis. But there was no further progress until 1997.

Publication Date: 
05/11/2012
D. Nagasaila, V. Suresh
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tirunelveli (D), Koodunkulam APS, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Fuel, Kanniyakumari, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coastal Regulations, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), Supreme Court, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Corporate Legal Accountability, Russia, Ecology, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Flora, Fauna, Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power, Tamil Nadu
Mining

Expert committee reports on POSCO proposal for Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa

 Reports of the expert committee constituted by Minsitry of Environment and Forests to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa. This includes report by Meena Gupta, the Chair of the Committee and a separate report by three other members of the committee - Urmila Pingle, Devendar Pandey, V. Suresh.

Publication Date: 
22/10/2010
Meena Gupta, Urmila Pingle, Devendra Pandey, V. Suresh
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Forest Rights Act 2006, Iron And Steel Industry, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Ports, POSCO, Rehabilitation, Mining
Mining

Majority report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa

Majority report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa.

Publication Date: 
17/10/2010
Urmila Pingle, Devendra Pandey, V. Suresh
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Forest Rights Act 2006, Iron And Steel Industry, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Ports, POSCO, Rehabilitation, Mining