Earlier this year, sustained protests brought nationwide attention to the 2,640 MW thermal power plant proposed on precious wetlands in Sompeta in the coastal district of Srikakulam.

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Fatehabad: Dr Surender Gadekar, an anti-nuclear crusader, said today that the proposed nuclear plant at Gorakhpur would endanger health of the people living in its vicinity.

Concluding his seven-day awareness drive in villages surrounding Gorakhpur, Gadekar said a detailed scientific study on the hazards of nuclear plants showed that such plants had serious impact on the health of babies born i

While the state government is still grappling with the problems associated with the acquisition of land for the first nuclear plant in the state, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has offered to set up another plant.

An NPCIL team is coming on a two-day visit tomorrow to conduct a preliminary survey of the two sites offered by Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has offered two probable sites to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

Even as the fate of the first nuclear plant to be set up in Haryana at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district is in

The Central government has finally given the go-ahead to the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant in Kovvada in Srikakulam after a review of the safety aspects following the tsunami-linked nuclear disaster in Japan.

After Fukushima nuclear disaster, response teams to be set up at all 20 nuclear plants across India

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has recommended setting up of disaster response teams by state governments to address concerns in case of a calamity at any of the 20 nuclear power plants across India.

NDMA vice chairman Shashidhar Reddy told Business Standard:

Bowing to pressure from environmental groups and Opposition parties, the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has decided to go slow on the controversial 2,000 MW nuclear power plant proposed at Kovvada in Srikakulam district.

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has made it clear that his government would consider giving its nod for the mega plant only after satisfying itself about the safety o