Tirunelveli: Tamil Nadu Congress on Saturday appealed to Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to help the Centre operationalise the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, which is facing stiff opposition from the local people citing safety concerns. "I appeal to the Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu government to work in tandem with Centre to operationalise the plant at the earliest as it would help towards the development of Tamil Nadu," state Congress president...
07:12 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Jaitapur Nuclear power plant protests scheduled for Tuesday have now been been postponed till February 7, keeping in mind the upcoming Zilla Parishad elections. Shiv Sena activists have told villagers that they wouldn't be able to sit for the 'jail bharo' because of the election code of conduct. Reports said that the planned 'jail bharo' agitation in and around JNPP site area on January 24 and 25...
10:14 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Chennai: Nuclear Power Corporation of India is losing more than Rs 3 crore a day besides Rs 8 crore a month as establishment cost due to the Kudankulam protests, according to site director of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant M Kashinath Balaji. Talking to reporters after participating in a plenary session of Conference on Disaster Management 'Certainty the object - Uncertainty the Reality' organized by Confederation of Indian Industry here on...
08:44 AM, Dec 18, 2011
Chennai: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reassurance to Russia that the plant will become operational in a few weeks has sparked protests back home. Thousands of people in Tamil Nadu will take out a protest rally on Sunday from Kanyakumari to Radhapuram. However, on his flight back from Russia on Saturday, Manmohan Singh downplayed the agitation. Manmohan Singh on Saturday assured Tamil Nadu about the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear...
07:21 AM, Dec 18, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday assured Tamil Nadu about the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. He also said that the protests over the nuclear plant were over done. The Prime Minister further said that the government could not let the Kudankulam plant sit idle, pointing that the nation had sunk an amount of Rs 14,000 crore. "We recognise the concerns of Tamil Nadu and their...
11:27 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Tokyo: The tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced on Friday. Japaneses Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's announcement marks a milestone nine months after the March 11 tsunami sent three reactors at the plant into meltdowns in the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. But experts noted the plant remains vulnerable to...
04:59 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that the government was taking seriously the concern among people about the safety of nuclear energy as reflected in the protests in Tamil Nadu over the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. "The protests in Kudankulam reflect the concern among people about the safety of nuclear energy. People are also worried that such plants should not affect their livelihood and environment," Manmohan Singh...
11:57 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Kudankulam: The villagers protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant on Saturday detained 10 contract workers hired to work there. However, they were later released. Around hundreds of villagers protested outside the plant alleging that construction work had been resumed at Kudankulam. The villagers have been demanding the closure of the plant set up in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Villagers in Tirunelveli and other neighbouring districts have also...
12:36 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Manipal (Karnataka): former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar on Saturday termed the agitation against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant as "unfortunate". Kakodkar asked the protestors not to link the issue with Fukushima Nuclear disaster in Japan. "To link Kudankulam plant controversy to Fukushima is uncalled for. It was tsunami which destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant, not technical glitches in reactors," Kakodkar said. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating Innovation Centre and Manipal...
07:35 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Chennai: Extending support to locals agitating against Kudankulam Nuclear Power project, about 100 anti-nuclear activists will embark on a yatra from Madurai to the site on Thursday. The activists, under the aegis of Chennai Solidarity Group for Kudankulam Struggle would start their journey from Madurai on November 10 and stop at towns and villages en route to Kudankulam to explain "the terrible environmental and health effects of nuclear energy." At...
04:07 AM, Nov 10, 2011
Chennai: The stagnant coolant water in the reactor vessel and pipes in the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is giving sleepless nights to scientists and engineers who say the risk of damage to the equipment is increasing each day. "Water has to be circulating so that the components are not exposed to the risk of corrosion. However, the quality of stagnant water will deteriorate over a...
05:41 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Kudankulam nuclear plant protesters in Tamil Nadu have rejected safety assurances given by former President APJ Abdul Kalam. ...
10:21 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Chennai: The 15-member expert committee set up by the Centre to allay fears of the locals over the safety aspects of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will meet the state government's panel for the first time on Tuesday at Tirunelveli. "We have with us experts constituted by the government of India and we will meet those whom the state government wants us to at Tirunelveli tomorrow," K Balu, a member of...
09:13 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Chennai: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam has mooted a 10-point development programme to resolve the Kudankulam deadlock in Tamil Nadu. Kalam, in a report, stated that the 10-point Kudankulam PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) programme should be implemented by 2015. It involves an outlay of around Rs 200 crore and is aimed at benefiting Kudankulam and its 60 odd neighbouring villages. The 10-point solution given by Kalam are:...
02:19 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Chennai: The Centre's expert committee, set up to allay fears of locals over the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant, will meet on Monday. This will be the first time that the Centre's 15-member expert panel is meeting after anti-KNPP activists announced setting up of a 21-member committee, comprising scientists and others, to interact with state and central officials besides advising them on the future course of action. "It's a good...
12:50 PM, Nov 07, 2011
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