-NDTV The Supreme Court has said that it will not hesitate in stopping the work at kudankulam nuclear power plant if it finds that safety measures at the plant in Tamil Nadu are unsatisfactory. The court made these observations while hearing an appeal against the Madras High Court order that allowed fuel loading at the plant. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishanan and Deepak Misra said the safety of plant and...
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kudankulam nuclear plant can be shut if found unsafe: Supreme Court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Centre on Thursday asserted that the kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was safe enough to withstand a Fukushima-type disaster but the Supreme Court said it would not hesitate to stop the project irrespective of the amount of money spent on it if the installation was found wanting in safety aspects. During the hearing on a petition filed by G Sundarrajan alleging that 17 safety recommendations by the Centre's...
More »kudankulam row: Protesters to lay siege to Tuticorin Port today
-The Times of India The anti-kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) protesters may attempt to hold demonstrations and lay siege to Tuticorin port and government offices on Saturday. They had on Friday threatened to stop all activities at the port. The protest will be led by activist SP Udayakumar, according to media reports. Shipping minister GK Vasan had on Friday urged the anti-nuclear plant activists at kudankulam to desist from stalling activity at...
More »kudankulam protests: Fishermen lay siege to Tuticorin port-Sam Daniel and Mala Das
-NDTV Tuticorin: Protests against the kudankulam nuclear plant continue unabated as thousands of fishermen today laid siege to the port at Tuticorin, demanding the closure of the controversial plant. Nearly thousand fishing boats have blocked entry to the Tuticorin harbour, which is situated around 60 miles away from the nuclear power plant. The loading of nuclear fuel, which is on at one of the reactors at the kudankulam plant, has not in...
More »Fuel loading starts at kudankulam nuclear power plant -B Sivakumar
-The Times of India CHENNAI: Loading of uranium fuel in the first unit of the kudankulam nuclear power plant started on Wednesday, the Vinayaka Chaturthi day, as the controversial project took a major step towards becoming operational. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) had given its final clearance for loading fuel on Tuesday night. "Fuel loading has started and it will take at least 10 days for the process to be completed,"...
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