Chennai: A two-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team completed the annual inspection of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) on Tuesday, said a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "The IAEA team went in around 8.30 am on Monday and completed the job around 1 am on Tuesday. Normally, it takes around two days for the inspection. But as the situation is abnormal at...
04:54 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Chennai: The four-member expert committee to look into safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and address fears of locals about the project will meet here on Friday. The panel would visit Tirunelveli district and interact with district officials. "We are meeting tomorrow (Friday). After that we will chalk our future course of action," M.R. Srinivasan, a member of the committee and former chairman of...
03:34 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Kumbakonam: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has been making "contradictory statements" on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) issue after initially supporting it, former Union minister and Congress leader EVKS Elangovan alleged on Sunday. "The Chief Minister has been making contradictory statements on the issue after assuming power. When she met the Prime Minister in Delhi, she had appealed to him to sanction funds for development projects of Tamil...
07:47 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Tirunelveli: Strongly batting for early commissioning of Kudankulam nuclear power project, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Centre was probing the flow of funds allegedly received by the anti-project activists and would take strong action if the money came in a "wrong way". "Investigation is going on to know how the protestors are getting funds. If there is anything wrong, if the money came in a wrong...
03:26 AM, Feb 05, 2012
Chennai: The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday passed 24 resolutions at its General Council meeting, with none, however, on the 2G case. The DMK slammed the Centre and the state government for being lethargic in solving the Kudankulam crisis. The 24-pointer party resolution stated, among others, that the Centre and state should expedite solution for the stalled nuclear plant. "The Centre and state are lethargic in solving Kudankulam...
02:15 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Tirunelveli: An anti-nuclear forum spearheading the stir against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday staged a demonstration in a coastal village near the site in protest against moves to get it commissioned. Organisers of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy said PMANE activists staged the demonstration at Chettikulam after coming in a procession from Perumanalpuram. Both villages are about five km from the KNPP site. PMANE convenor SP Udayakumar and...
04:14 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Chennai: Former Indian president A P J Abdul Kalam has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) row through political and strategic means by taking up the issue with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. He also urged Manmohan Singh to consider announcing a special economic package for Tamil Nadu for its integrated development from the unutilized fund allocated for the 11th Plan Period....
01:22 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Chennai: On the 150th day of the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protests on Thursday, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) said it will reiterate its demand that the central government-appointed committee interact with their experts at the next round of talks. "We have not been officially intimated about the fourth round talks between the Tamil Nadu government formed panel - in which PMANE has two members - and...
06:47 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu was in the thick of action in 2011, be it the AIADMK's landslide victory in assembly polls, DMK leaders like A Raja and Kanimozhi landing in jail, strain in Congress-DMK ties or the Mullaperiyar Dam and the Kudankulam nuclear plant issues. In the April 13 elections, DMK was not only trounced by arch rival AIADMK but also relegated to the third spot as the AIADMK's ally actor...
11:51 AM, Dec 30, 2011
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
Chennai: The third round of talks between the central and the state panel on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu ended on Thursday with the exchange of reports but evoked varying responses from the two sides. While the convenor of the central panel A.E. Muthunayagam termed the meeting as "satisfactory", People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy's (PMANE) representative M. Pushparayan, who is part of the state...
06:30 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: The US is not the only country upset over India's Nuclear Liability Law. Even old friend and strategic partner Russia is concerned. Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin has said that the law should not apply to the first two reactors in Kudankulam as the agreement was signed in 1998, when the law did not exist. "As regards to Kudankulam, the rules are not applicable as agreements were signed in...
07:39 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Chennai: The relay fast against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) set up in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu continued for the 50th day on Tuesday, with former naval chief L. Ramdas present at the venue, an activist said. In their third phase of the struggle against the KNPP, villagers in Tirunelveli and other neighbouring districts are participating in the relay fast being held at Idinthakarai village near Kudankulam, around 650...
03:13 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Chennai: With protests bringing work to a standstill, atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd's hopes of commissioning the first 1,000 MW unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu by the extended deadline of March 2012 may not fructify, an official said. Nor is it possible to accelerate the completion of the second unit so that it can be commissioned first, they say....
01:03 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Kolkata: Calling the nuclear plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu "clean and safe", former president and missile scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Monday said the 2,000-MW plant was essential for "power hungry" India. "I have visited the plant and it is really modern and sophisticated. I am absolutely confident about its safety. What is important is that 2,000 MW of power is ready to be pumped into the grid. We...
03:09 PM, Nov 14, 2011
Chennai: With the agitation against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) continuing for nearly three months, the central government has ordered a probe into the source of the protesters' funds, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters at Tiruchendur, around 600 km from Chennai, on Saturday, Narayanasamy said the protest in on for nearly three months but it is not known...
08:34 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Chennai: Citing divergent views on the safety features of the Russian reactors being set up at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, a group protesting the nuclear power project on Saturday reiterated its demand a white paper on it. India's nuclear power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is building two 1,000 MW nuclear power reactors with Russian technology and equipment in Kudankulam, 650 km from here. The first...
05:23 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Kudankulam: Logjam continues over the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu after Central and state expert committees met over over its safety concerns. Representatives of protesters say they have given 50 questions raising their concerns to the central committee. Sources said that the meeting between central experts and state govt representatives ended without a breakthrough and the talks proved to be inconclusive. The meeting took place at the Tirunelvelli Collector's...
01:22 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Kudankulam: The Central and state expert committees formed to solve the row surrounding the Kudankulam Nuclear plant are expected to meet on Tuesday. This comes a day after former president APJ Abdul Kalam gave assurances about the plant's safety but refused to act as a negotiator. However not even Kalam's visit has convinced the people living near Kudankulam about the safety of the nuclear plant. Villagers like Selvi continued their...
08:21 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has said that the Kudankulam nuclear plant is safe, and is of great necessity to the country. ...
04:34 PM, Nov 07, 2011
