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Supreme Court gives go ahead to Kudankulam nuclear power plant
Issue Date: May 6, 2013
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High court stays land acquisition for Kovvada nuclear power plant
Issue Date: Mar 12, 2013
In an interim order, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the state government not to issue any notification for acquiring land for setting up a nuclear power plant at Kovvada in Ranasthalam block of Srikakulam district. The interim stay was issued on March 11 in response to a public interest petition filed against a government order notifying the villages that would be affected by the project.
Kudankulam plant can withstand Fukushima-like disaster: Centre to SC
Issue Date: Sep 27, 2012
Expressing concern over public and environmental safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the Supreme Court has told the Centre that it will not allow the plant to function if the safety conditions are not met.
High court questions permission to make Kudankulam plant operational
Issue Date: Aug 23, 2012
The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to file a fresh affidavit explaining the reason for permitting the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to operate.
Atomic regulatory body ineffective, says CAG
Issue Date: Aug 23, 2012
Four workers exposed to nuclear radiation in Kota
Issue Date: Jul 23, 2012
Barely a month after two workers were exposed to nuclear radiation at a power plant operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) in Rawatbhata area of Kota district in Rajasthan, four more workers faced a similar hazard last week.
Two workers exposed to nuclear radiation at Kota
Issue Date: Jun 29, 2012
Two people working at a power plant operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) in Rawatbhata area of Kota district in Rajasthan may have been exposed to nuclear radiation on June 23. The two were a part of the team carrying out maintenance work at nuclear plants across the country to prevent Fukushima-like disaster in future.
Kudankulam meltdown
@ljishnu Issue Date: Apr 15, 2012
Centre's public relations exercise to clear way for Kudankulam nuclear plant
Issue Date: Oct 21, 2011
In a delayed bid to dispel fears regarding the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu’s coastal district of Tirunelveli, the government of India has constituted an expert group of 15 specialists. The objective of the group, constituted on October 20, is to interact with all the stakeholders, even as the protest against the plant nearing completion intensifies in the state.
Supreme Court petitioned to stall proposed nuclear plants
Issue Date: Oct 19, 2011
As protests against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant under construction in Tamil Nadu grows louder, several former bureaucrats and scientists have petitioned the Supreme Court to stay all the proposed nuclear power plants till a safety reassessment is done. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), however, maintains that Indian nuclear power plants are safe and capable of enduring natural disasters.
