New Delhi: Ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on the Kudankulam nuclear reactor, sources confirm that the reactor has been fully loaded and tests are presently underway.
The reactor is expected to start functioning sometime in May, but full production of 1,000 megawatts will take between six to eight months as the power generation will be in phases beginning with 50 megawatts which will then be gradually scaled up.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Monday is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea seeking halt to the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant till the implementation of key additional safety measures suggested after an n-accident in Japan.
The petitioner, Chennai-based IT professional G Sunderrajan, wants the government to implement 11 of the 17 additional safety measures recommended for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) by a task force set up by the government in the wake of Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan in 2011. ...
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07:21 AM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday is expected to pronounce its verdict on a plea seeking halt to the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant till the implementation of key additional safety measures suggested after an n-accident in Japan. The petitioner, Chennai-based IT professional G Sunderrajan, wants the government to implement 11 of the 17 additional safety measures recommended for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) by a...
11:15 PM, May 05, 2013
The controversial Kudankulam Unit I of the atomic power reactor in Tamil Nadu will become operational by April, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said. He gave this assurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin when the two met here on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the BRICS summit. ...
12:41 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Tirunelveli: Security is being further beefed up at Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant and additional forces, including CRPF and Coast Guard, will be deployed in view of the call by anti-nuclear activists to lay siege at the plant on October 8, officials said on Friday. People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, spearheading the over year-long stir against the KNPP, has announced that protesters will take the sea route and lay siege at...
03:20 AM, Oct 06, 2012
New Delhi: India's nuclear operator has started loading enriched uranium fuel in the first reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project after getting the final clearance from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on Tuesday. "The fuel loading has started on Wednesday," a senior official in the nuclear establishment said. The Kudankulam nuclear plant had run into a rash of protests following concern in the local communities on safety issues...
06:26 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Kudankulam: The situation remains tense in Kudankulam with the police and protestors stationed near the nuclear plant site. Anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udayakumar may be be arrested on Wednesday even as more support comes in from India against corruption. IAC member and social activist Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to join the protest on Wednesday. "If Udayakumar is listening to me then I would request him not to surrender the...
07:59 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst the violent protests at Kudankulam, Supreme Court lawyer and anti-corruption crusader Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday filed a petition in the apex court to stop fuel loading at the nuclear power plant. In his petition, Bhushan has said that the own task force of the government had recommended 17 safety features to be installed at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. He has alleged that the plant is being...
05:43 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday gave a go-ahead to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) saying there are no environmental issues associated with the building of the plant. The court also ordered the setting up of schools and a hospital around the plant premises. A PIL had sought environmental clearance for the project before the plant is commissioned. The PIL had also sought a ban on Russian reactors...
11:27 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Chennai: The Madras High Court is expected to deliver its verdict on a PIL seeking a fresh environment clearance for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Friday. The PIL sought environmental clearance for the project before the plant is commissioned. The PIL has also sought a ban on Russian reactors to be installed at the plant. ...
08:08 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: India plans to add 5,300 MW nuclear power capacity during the 12th Plan period, taking the total contribution of atomic power to 9980 MW to the country's energy basket. This planned capacity addition includes power from two 1,000 MW units at Kudankulam being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation with Russian collaboration. "The proposed capacity addition target during the XIIth Plan is envisaged as 5300 MW," the budget...
04:49 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Coimbatore: Lashing out at anti-nuclear activists, a former Atomic Energy Commission chief on Wednesday said that "certain professional agitators" had worked against the project at Kudankulam which was "one of the best sites" for a nuclear power station. The fisherfolk living around Kudankulam village were no doubt greatly agitated after the Fukushima disaster but "certain professional agitators, with motives of their own, have worked on the fears on the innocent...
04:37 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Coimbatore: Amid the raging row on the Kudankulan nuclear plant, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Sunday stressed the need for nuclear energy and said the country ought to have all types of power. "India has to have all types of power, has to have fossil fuel or Nuclear power," he said. Though Germany has planned to phase out nuclear power by 2017, India cannot afford it...
02:57 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured about the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, calling the protests over done. ...
08:14 PM, Dec 17, 2011
On Board PM's Special Aircraft: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant, whose commissioning has been stalled due to protests, cannot be allowed to remain "idle" when the nation has sunk an amount of Rs 14,000 crore on the project. Singh said there is a growing view which he also shared that the agitation against the Russian-aided project has been "overdone". Expressing confidence that ultimately...
06:40 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Chennai: The CPI on Wednesday said it was against the closure of the controversial Nuclear power station in Kudankulam but demanded that the Centre should dispel the apprehensions of the locals before proceeding with the project. Tamil Nadu party unit Secretary D Pandian told reporters that no major political party wanted the closure but the Centre should address the safety concerns of the people in the area before proceeding with...
01:07 AM, Nov 10, 2011
