Mass public unease at nuclear power development has emerged at Jaitapaur. Thousands of protestors were held by police today as they attempted to surround the site of six planned reactors.
A man was killed by police during a march on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India on 9 September in the second death connected to a protest movement said to be agitated by foreign activists.
A parliamentary report on nuclear safety regulation in India has pointed out serious structural flaws and numerous failings relative to international norms.
Two minor contamination incidents have taken place at India's Rajasthan nuclear power plant, both due to tritium exposure during maintenance. All the personnel involved continue to work at the plant, although two have had to change their duties.
India's contract for the third and fourth reactors to be built at Kudankulam comes with up to $3.5 billion in export finance, the country's officials said today after signing a deal in Moscow.
_69x48.jpg "Jaitapur demonstration, 3 January 2013 (Altaf Bhatkar) 69x48")
The prime ministers of Canada and India have finalised a deal that will allow a nuclear cooperation agreement signed over two years ago to be implemented, opening the door for trade worth millions of dollars between the two countries.
India's contract for the third and fourth reactors to be built at Kudankulam comes with up to $3.5 billion in export finance, the country's officials said today after signing a deal in Moscow.
Kailash Chandra Purohit has been appointed as chairman and managing director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). He replaces interim head SA Bhardwaj, who has held the post since the retirement of SK Jain at the end of May.