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New Delhi: Global nuclear watchdog IAEA will conduct an in-depth operational safety review of two atomic power plants at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, the first such exercise in India in the aftermath o

Petitions challenge TNPCB and AERB orders

The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Central government on two new writ petitions against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) — one seeking to quash a Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)’s order of July 23 prescribing the tolerance limit of the project’s trade effluent and the other seeking to declare the AERB’s clearance for Initial Fuel Loading (IFL) as null and void.

“The board gave the consent after fully satisfying itself”

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) gave its consent for operating the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on July 23, its counsel submitted before the Madras High Court on Wednesday. During the resumed hearing of a batch of petitions before a specially-constituted Division Bench, comprising Justices P. Jyothimani and M. Duraiswamy, counsel Rita Chandrasekar said that the board gave the consent after fully satisfying itself and due inspection.

The Sri Lankan government has taken measures to set up an early warning system in the country to detect a nuclear disaster in the event of a nuclear accident.

Sri Lankan authorities are taking measures to establish a warning system to alert to a possible radiation leak from the nuclear plants in the Tamil Nadu state of neighboring India.

Latest satellite imagery shows that a fourth reactor at Pakistan’s Khushab nuclear facility, which is dedicated to production of plutonium for weapons, is halfway through.

British MPs and members of the European Parliament have signed a letter from South Asian anti-nuclear groups to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing "deep concern" over human rights and environ

London-based groups protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) have pledged to widen their campaign across Europe, as several British MPs voiced their concerns about the plant a

LONDON, 18 MAY: A few British lawmakers have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa protesting against the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam in Tamil N

British MPs address letter to Manmohan, Jayalalithaa

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