A former employee of the Bharath Gold Mines Limited (BGML), Panir Selvan, 57, was the latest to succumb to the deadly disease, silicosis, when he died on Friday at the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF).

Several organisations and political outfits in Kolar have strongly opposed the Centre’s decision to dump the spent fuel from the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu in the now-defunct Kola

Rumours that waste from Koodankulam nuclear power plant near Chennai will be dumped at the gold mine pits here has sent shock waves in this town.

It is said that Solicitor General R Nariman submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Central government has decided to use the pits at the KGF gold mines, which have long remained unused, as dumping yard for the waste created at the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam.

Nariman had added in the affidavit that the pits would be dug again, and concrete walls built on the sides of the tunnels to prevent leak of the nuclear rays

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) on Wednesday asserted in the Supreme Court that no danger will be caused by spent fuel from the Kudankulam nuclear reactor.

Making this submission before a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra, Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman said the spent fuel, after being discharged, is reused for generating electricity.

The bench asked the state government to be "serious" on the safety issue and directed it to conduct mock drills in the villages on a regular basis.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear to the government that all safety measures for handling disaster must be put in place at the Kudankulam power plant before it is operationalised saying there can be no compromise on it. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishanan and Deepak Misra also asked the government to submit disaster management plan before it and directed the Tamil Nadu government to carry out mock drills covering all the 40 villages situated within 16 Km radius of the plant.

State will have to wait for unit to stabilise to get full quota

Will the commissioning of the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) lead to less load shedding in Tamil Nadu? There may not be much change in the situation in the immediate future, according to a section of experts. However, a former Member (Generation) [MG] of the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Electricity Board says there will be some impact on the grid once generation from the first unit stabilises.

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is likely to be commissioned by December 15, V. Narayanasamy, Union Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office, said here on Sunday.

Addressing a press conference, he said the trial run of the first reactor was in progress after an inspection by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

After the setback over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s abrupt decision to postpone his India visit, the two countries are looking to undo some of the recent strife by commissioning the first Kud

Says A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the 9th Annual Nehru Memorial Lecture at JNU

“India will go for nuclear power; there are 542 nuclear power plants all over the world and nuclear energy is a clean energy….Compare this to other forms of energy.…people riding motorbikes release an enormous amount of carbon dioxide for every litre that is used…” – thus replied former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam when questioned by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University here on Wednesday about his stand on the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant.

NEW DELHI, 9 NOV: The controversy-hit Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will start producing power by the first week of December and the first tranche of 1,000 MW will go to Tamil Nadu, Unio