Slow born on the atomic fast track

In February this year, the United States government publicly admitted to carrying out nuclear radiation tests on completely innocent human guinea pigs

Nucleus of disaster

Are the recent accidents at the Tarapur nuclear facility early warnings of a catastrophe in the making?

The Radium Girls

Frogs are falling silent

The decline of the frog population is an early warning that something is seriously wrong with living conditions on Earth

60 people battle giants

Rooftop radiation binds the Mobile Tower Grievance Forum

Down with the dump

Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby

Can amphibians tackle climate change?

New cancer risk

WHO links excess mobile phone use to cancer; experts divided on health impact of radio frequencies

Chernobyl

Twenty years ago -- on April 26, 1986 -- the biggest nuclear disaster happened in Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union, when a chain …

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 …

Blind to danger

The government turns a Nelson's eye while the construction sector makes hay on phosphogypsum, a carcinogenic byproduct of the fertiliser industry

Mission eclipsed

National solar mission may get derailed as banks hesitate to give loans for its high-risk projects

A deformed existence

In Jaduguda and Rawatbhata, physical deformities are a way of life. The reality behind the shadows of India's nuclear establishment

No plutonium to go on

But government says full steam ahead

Scraping the barrel

No stock, nuclear energy programme in crisis

RED ALERT in nuclear India

India's pampered nuclear power programme is losing steam. Uranium stocks are almost over; people won't let the government dig new mines; all …

How I stopped worrying and learned to love Fukushima

Into the void

Two steps faltering, plan takes third step

New gold rush

Time to Plug in

The International Conference for Renewable Energies is to be held in Bonn, Germany. But here is a sector dwarfed by fossil fuels, and although …

At atom's mercy

A treaty that prevents WHO from reporting on effects of nuclear radiation

Radioactive mirage

India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp up its energy production. What does it mean in terms of cost, technology …

Life in a radiation zone

A recent accident shows why workers’ safety at atomic facilities is extremely fragile

Industry over public health

New DoT mobile tower guidelines fall short of meeting need of the hour

Radioactive mirage