-The Times of India CHENNAI: After years of delay, marked by technical glitches and protests, the kudankulam nuclear power plant at kudankulam in Tirunelveli, south Tamil Nadu is finally a reality. At 2.45am on Tuesday, nearly 160MW produced by unit 1 of the plant was connected to the southern grid. The significant synchronization process came as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wound up his visit to Moscow after talks about possible future...
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German journalist deterred from visiting kudankulam protest site
-PTI Tirunelveli: A German woman journalist and her colleague have been detained for trying to proceed to Idinthakarai, the hub of protests against kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, and record the views of the locals, police said. The South Asian Correspondent of a German radio network and her male colleague, who were detained yesterday, planned to air a programme on the protests against KNPP. They would be allowed to go to the...
More »What Next: The five corners of kudankulam verdict -Amitabh Sinha
-The Indian Express The immediate effect of the Supreme Court order has been that it has cleared the legal cloud over the nuclear power reactors at kudankulam. But the real significance of the judgment lies in the manner in which it has dealt with the subject of harnessing nuclear energy for public good. In the most comprehensive verdict yet on the subject, it addresses almost every issue that is raised against...
More »Withdraw all cases against kudankulam agitators, say judges
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday directed that all criminal cases against the agitators opposing the kudankulam nuclear plant be withdrawn to restore normalcy in the area. Giving a series of directions, a Bench of Justices K. S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said: "Endeavour should be made to withdraw all the criminal cases filed against the agitators so that peace and normalcy be restored at kudankulam and nearby places, and steps...
More »Fear of nuclear disaster has no basis: court-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday said there is no basis to the fear that the radioactive effects of the kudankulam nuclear power plant, when commissioned, will be far reaching. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said: "We are convinced that the KKNPP design incorporates advanced safety features complying with the current standards of redundancy, reliability, independence and prevention of common cause failures in its safety systems....
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