How does the Budget score on energy front?

The government has approved Rs 2,000 crore as initial outlay for providing LPG connections to poor women 

Kudankulam agreement void if it violates Nuclear Liability Act: Supreme Court

Agreement which makes Indian government liable is against law of the land, contends petitioner

Impaired hearing

India's first public hearing on the effects of a nuclear installation was a statement on how the country's nuclear establishment is run

Power that could bomb

The Bush administration unveils new energy policy with an intention to revive nuclear reactors and to build new plants. Joining hands with …

Ratnagiri protests clearance to Jaitapur power park

Expert panel gives conditional approval, but environmentalists tout it as a façade

Atomic regulatory body ineffective, says CAG

Maximum fine for safety violation by a nuclear installation is just Rs 500; 91 per cent of the medical X-ray units not registered with AERB

In harms' way

Bush fires spread very fast

Left firm, PM hopeful on nuclear deal

Minimum nuclear liability

Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine

Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas

Four workers exposed to nuclear radiation in Kota

Second incident in a month; authorities say nothing to panic because radiation is a way of life

Nuclear EU

Ignores decommissioning, radioactive waste disposal

In Short

As told to Parliament (December 8, 2022): Annual PM10 levels dropped in 95 cities this year

Twenty cities met National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM10 in 2021-22 compared to 4 in 2017-18

Degree of commerce

Vedanta gets tracts of thorium-rich land along the Orissa coast for a university. Allegations fly

Energy transition is now a must

Marie-Hélène Aubert, adviser to the French president for international negotiations on climate and environment, was recently in New …

Nuclear secrecy is a matter of concern

Indo -US nuclear deal debated in Rajya Sabha

Bush, Putin on nuclear energy consolidation drive

IEA doubtful of Germany's energy security

Faceless workers

Commissioning of Kudankulam nuclear power plant challenged in court

Petition filed in Madras High Court says atomic regulator's decision violates Supreme Court directions on safety

Burying in empty space

An old plan to lug deadly radioactive wastes to the remote corners of the solar system is being revived by some Russian scientists

Nuclear power corporation goes all out to garner support for Jaitapur and Kudankulam plants

Holds the first meeting in a series meant to prove safety of the plants