The State government is committed to allaying fear of people around Kundankulam before commissioning the nuclear power plant, said R.Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, here on Sunday.

At the inauguration of a government exhibition here Mr.Vaithilingam said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had allotted Rs.500 crore for taking up welfare measures and development works in Kudankulam for the benefit of people living there. Two expert committees – one appointed by the Central government and another appointed by the State government – had declared the plant safe after which the government went ahead with it. He said the plant would generate 2000 MW of power.

Agitators demand withdrawal of police force from Idinthakarai

Condemning the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s nod for fuel loading in the first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, fishermen of coastal hamlets in the district formed human chain on the beach on Saturday. In the agitation held at Uvari, Koothenkuzhi, Idinthakarai, Perumanal and Koottapuli, a few thousands of fishermen and children participated and raised slogans against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.

IAEA’s operational safety review team (OSART) will visit India for the first time towards the end of October to review the safety of third and fourth units of Rajasthan’s atomic power stations, sai

Even as protests continue at Kudankulam, sources here said the Government had for the first time agreed to allow an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team to conduct safety review of two atomic power plants located in Rajasthan.

“Public confidence has to be built by transparency. We are getting legislation to strengthen regulatory bodies and as a related measure the IAEA’s Operational Safety Review Team [OSART] will visit Rajasthan in November. India will study its report and take on board suggestions. The Government’s position is that more needs to be done on safety aspects,’’ added the sources.

Of 17 recommendations of AERB, only six have been complied with, he says

The safety measures recommended by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) are crucial and the Kudankulam nuclear power plant should not be allowed to be commissioned without implementing these measures, argued counsel Prashant Bhushan in the Supreme Court on Thursday. Appearing for petitioner G. Sundararajan, social activist, he submitted before a Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra that the AERB had recommended 17 safety measures, of which only six were complied with and 11 yet to be put in place.

KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: Protests against the nuclear plant at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu have reached Kolkata, with health and environment experts speaking out against India's development of nuclear energ

As questions continue to be raised about the independence and effectiveness of the regulatory structure for atomic energy, India will soon ask the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a pe

New Delhi, 18 Sept: A team of global nuclear watchdog IAEA will visit Rajasthan in November to conduct an in-depth operational safety review of two atomic power plants there, the first such exercis

S P Udayakumar, coordinator of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), who had gone underground on September 11, resurfaced in Koothankuli village in Tamil Nadu today and addressed the media where he declared the people of Idinthakarai would lay siege to the nuclear power plant in Kudankulam.

Udayakumar, who has been issued a non-bailable arrest warrant, said a decision would be taken on laying siege to the plant tomorrow at a meeting at Idinthikarai, according to a statement issued by PMANE.