Kudankulam: One fisherman was killed as police opened fire to control the anti-nuclear power plant protesters in Kudankulam on Monday. Police opened fire in the evening following day-long clashes in the area between the fishermen and the police force. The police charged at the protestors after they set on fire a house in the area. The protestors also blocked the Tuticorin-Nagercoil highway and tried to stop the Mysore Express train...
05:58 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Kudankulam: Fresh violence has broken out between the protestors and the police at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. In the latest incident, the police charged at the protestors after they set on fire a house in the area. The protestors also blocked the Tuticorin-Nagercoil highway and tried to block Mysore Express train at Tuticorin railway station. One protester has been injured in the clashes with police. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...
05:05 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Kudankulam: The police cracked down on anti-nuclear protesters at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu on Monday. Police moved in to chase the protesters at Kudankulam and fired tear gas shells. Thousands of protesters fled towards the ocean and threw slippers, shoes and small stones at the police force. After the protesters were sandwiched between the police force of one side and the ocean on the other side,...
12:14 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Police blocked hundreds of villagers who were attempting to the march to the plant to protest the loading of fuel in the coming days. ...
11:55 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Kudankulam: The situation in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu is tense as locals have renewed their agitation in a big way against the nuclear plant. They are protesting against the loading of nuclear fuel in the reactors, which is likely to get done over the next few days. Once again, the simmering protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has boiled over to the streets. Villagers tried to march to the...
08:38 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Police however have imposed section 144 in around the Kudankulam nuclear plant and closed all entry points. ...
10:40 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Chennai: A day after the Madras High Court cleared decks for the commissioning of unit-1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, a senior official at the plant on Saturday said they would commence loading real fuel in the Indo-Russian venture by the end of next week. "We are presently doing the preparatory work. A team from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board is expected next week. They will inspect the site and...
04:22 AM, Sep 02, 2012
The Madras High Court on Friday gave the go-ahead for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant saying that a fresh environment clearance was not required. ...
02:56 PM, Aug 31, 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: The Tamil Nadu pollution control board on Wednesday issued a fresh order of clearance for effluent discharge from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The board has now fixed a maximum of 7 degrees above ambient temperature as compared to 45 degrees earlier. On Friday, the Madras High Court will also decide on a PIL seeking a stay on the installation of two 1,000 Megawatt Russian reactors at the...
12:19 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Chennai: The Madras High Court is expected to deliver its verdict on a PIL seeking fresh environment clearance before the Kudankulam Nuclear plant is commissioned. The PIL has sought that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited get a fresh environment clearance for the project. The petition has also sought a stay on the installation of two 1,000 MW Russian reactors. ...
09:18 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Chennai: The AIADMK executive council met on Monday and urged the Centre to give the entire power generated from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to Tamil Nadu. The Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK executive council also urged the Indian government to find a permanent solution against the attack on Indian fishermen and demanded the retrieval of the Katchatheevu island. In its executive council meet, the party also urged the Centre to not provide...
03:50 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Chennai: The controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) is likely to be commissioned on Saturday. Locals have been protesting against the establishment of the plant. Activist Aruna Roy had also written a letter to UPA chief Sonia Gandhi demanding a halt in the plant's installation. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa earlier requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allot all the power (2,000 mw) to be generated at the plant...
09:13 AM, Aug 25, 2012
Chennai: The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is scheduled to be operational by October 2012 and the 500 MW prototype fast breeder reactor in September 2014, Parliament was told on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said: "The first unit of this project...
12:44 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has reiterated her demand for the entire power generated by the first unit of two 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) for the state. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the chief minister cited the imminent loading of the fuel in the first reactor. "May I take this opportunity to remind you of my earlier request and expect a quick...
02:10 PM, Aug 19, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board granted clearance to load fuel into the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), prohibitory orders were imposed in a 7 km radius around the plant on Saturday. The orders will be in force for two weeks. Kudankulam plant has been at the centre of a controversy with activists alleging that it is a threat to human life in and around the...
03:57 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Kundankulam nuclear reactor would be fuelled by mid-August, according to a report. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is hopeful of soon getting clearance from the sectoral regulator to fuel the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a senior official said. "We had two detailed meetings with Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) Friday and Saturday. We hope to get a positive response from AERB...
06:28 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Taking the tussle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over Koodankulam Atomic Power Plant project to the next level, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has met Union Power Minister Veerappa Moily to demand an increased share from the project for Kerala. Citing that Kerala is going through a severe power crisis due to the weak South-West monsoon, Chandy has requested the Power Minister to raise the states allocation of power...
12:45 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Tirunelveli: A senior official of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) maintained that they planned to load uranium fuel assemblies in Unit 1 of KKNPP this month, but Udayakumar, the coordinator of PMANE (Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy), which is spearheading the protest against the KKNPP, asserted that it would be appropriate to wait for the judgement of the Madras High Court in this regard. The development comes a day...
12:04 PM, Aug 06, 2012
