Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Centre has begun work to set up a community-based cancer registry and carry out health surveys to document the precise occurrence of cancer, birth defects and other illnesses

CHENNAI: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) Friday announced that the first of the two 1,000 MW units of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) is expected to start commercial operations this August and the second unit in March 2013.

The announcement on NPCIL's website as to the expected month of commercial operation of the first unit has now eased the mental pressure on people at KKNPP as the government has been saying that the first reactor would start operations in 20 days' time.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that it would be harmful if the country gave up the option of tapping nuclear energy as an additional source of electricity.

There will be no compromise on the safety of atomic plants and it will be harmful to close the additional source of energy. It will be harmful for the country to pass ordinance on denial of nuclear power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

After the Fukushima accident in Japan in March 2011, the Prime Minister said, he ordered a complete review of the 20 operating nuclear reactors across the country and none of them reported any incident. “Our view is that when it comes to safety, there will be no compromise.”

“PIO failed to explain reasons for withholding the reports”

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to host in its website before May 30 the Safety Analysis Report, Site Evaluation Report and Environmental Impact Assessment Report regarding the two reactors to be commissioned at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tirunelveli district.

New Delhi: Reports relating to safety, site evaluation and environmental impact assessment of the controversial Kudankulam nuclear power plant should be made public, the Central Information Commiss