Seeks detailed plan on handling of hazardous waste, oil spillage, radioactive materials

The decision on environmental and costal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance to Adani Group’s ship recycling facility near Mundra port in Kutch has been deferred with the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) seeking detailed action plan on hazardous waste disposal, oil spillage, detection of radioactive materials and green belt to name a few. The project is being developed by the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd.

More workers at a New Mexico nuclear-waste depository will be tested for radioactive exposure after results showed that 13 employees had been contaminated, officials with the U.S.

About 100 tons of water containing high levels of radioactive material leaked at the damaged Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima, the operator of the plant said Thursday.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501), operator of the crisis-ridden Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, said it found a new leak near the tanks holding contaminated water at the disaster site.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from Centre and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on implementation of safety guidelines issued by it for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nad

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has urged Japan to consider “controlled discharges” into the sea of contaminated water used to cool the crippled reactors at Fukushima.

एम्स रेडिएशन के खतरे से किसी तरह बच गया। एम्स के न्यूक्लियर मेडिसिन डिपार्टमेंट में मर्करी से भरा एक जार गिरने का मामला सामने आया है। आनन फानन में इस डिपार्टमेंट को बंद कर दिया गया। करीब 12 घंटे तक

Fukushima Gov Yuhei Sato said Tuesday that Okuma and Futaba towns will accept interim nuclear waste storage facilities as planned, although a third designated site—at Naraha town—rejected the propo

A major hurdle in the way of setting up of a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad is over as the Environment Ministry has finally granted a conditional green clearance to the project.

Japan’s government may extend its decontamination work near the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant by up to three years, Kyodo News reported yesterday, citing unidentified government officials.