Commissioning of Kudankulam plant delayed

Chennai: Anti-nuclear activists have sought details of the emergency plan from the authorities to check their preparedness in evacuating people living within the 16km radius of the Tamil Nadu's 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), an ...

Says all equipment installed at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has undergone multi-stage quality checks NPCIL has sought to reassure a group of scientists who had raised concerns over the safety of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), saying all ...

Sixty leading scientists have voiced concern over safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project and sought "renewed study" of safety issues by an independent panel of experts.

On the heels of the Supreme Court giving a green signal to the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), setting up the plant, has stepped up efforts to reach out to the locals, explaining the ...

In Tamil Nadu, Kudankulam nuclear power project's first unit may soon get regulatory clearance for its first approach to criticality. When the atom-splitting reactor of a nuclear power plant is operating normally, it is said to be 'critical' or in a ...

The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), which has been opposing the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), today filed a RTI petition before the Kanniyakumari District administration seeking to ascertain the emergency preparedness in ...

New Delhi, May 6 (PTI) Nuclear experts today welcomed the Supreme Court's green signal to the Kudankulam nuclear project, saying it has vindicated the stand that atomic power was safe and secure.Senior nuclear officials also see the apex Court ...

Durban: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the first phase of the nuclear power project at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu will be up and running by next month. "I am pleased to inform you Mr. President ...

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has "successfully completed" the mandatory penultimate tests before commissioning its first unit by testing an array of steam relief valves under operating pressure and temperature. The tests, started on last ...