-PTI The protest-hit kudankulam town, where two 1,000 MW nuclear reactors are at an advanced stage of commissioning, was on Thursday allocated Rs 150 crore for carrying out various development works. Finance Minister P Chidambaram made the allocation for 'Neighbourhood Development Project (in kudankulam)' in the Union Budget. The amount has been set aside 'to provide relief and rehabilitation to project affected people of kudankulam area in Tamil Nadu', the budget documents stated. The...

-The Times of India TIRUNELVELI: Anti-nuclear protesters in Idinthakarai burnt the French national flag on Thursday condemning the visit of France's president Francois Hollande to India. A large number of men and women, who are staging a prolonged protest against the nuclear plant at kudankulam, took out a march from Idinthakarai village in Tirunelveli district and burnt the French national flag. A statement from People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) said the French...

-PTI Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said nuclear power was an essential component of India's energy mix and he will ensure that the safety and livelihoods of people are not jeopardised in its pursuit. "We will ensure that the safety and livelihoods of people are not jeopardised in our pursuit of nuclear power," Singh said at a function to confer lifetime achievement awards on four nuclear scientists. Noting that the 2011 Fukushima incident...

-The Hindu Unperturbed by protests against its proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur, Maharashtra, the French civil nuclear energy major Areva is now in the closing stages of striking an “early works agreement” with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. This agreement, which is actually a series of studies to ensure that the reactor is in conformity with local conditions, is likely to take nine months. “Areva’s discussions with NPCIL are on....

-Outlook Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala will be getting 266 MW power from kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu when it is commissioned to its full capacity of 2x1000 MW, according to Kerala Electricity Minister Aryadan Muhammad. This had been made clear to the state by the Central Power Ministry as back as 2007, Muhammad informed the assembly during question hour today. The state would get 133 MW of electricity on completiton of KNPP's...