Koodankulam Nuclear Plant

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday said police cases filed during the AIADMK rule against peaceful protesters vis-a-vis projects including the Neutrino Observatory and Koodankulam Nuclear Plant would be withdrawn.

Villagers at Koodankulam are meeting today to decide their next course of action following the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's clearance to fill nuclear fuel at the upcoming nuclear plant in the area. Members of the struggle committee have condemned this and said it is a contempt of court as the Madras High Court is yet to give its orders on petit...

Like the devil is in the detail, in politics, the motive is often in the timing! Sri Lanka waking up to the existence of India's nuclear plant in Koodankulam long after it was set up and flagging safety concerns at this juncture smacks of a tit for tat mindset. The dead giveaway move is a bid to spite India for its vote in favour of the UN resoluti...

Anti-nuclear activist S P Udhayakumar has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister accusing him of defamation. The activist has contested Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks about foreign funding facilitating the protests against the new nuclear plant in Kudankulam in coastal Tamil Nadu.

Thanjavur District Small and Tiny Industries Association and the Federaton of industries and traders associations held a demonstration demanding reduction in the existing power cut and steps to commission the Koodankulam nuclear power plant.

The four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Government virtually gave a clean chit to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), saying it was well-equipped to withstand natural calamities, be it earthquake or tsunami.

The Centre today welcomed constitution of an expert committee by Tamil Nadu Government to look into the safety aspects of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant and allay the fears of locals which would help its commissioning.

A special Home Ministry team has found that some organisations involved in the protests against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant had received funds to the tune of over Rs 55 crore from "foreign sources ".

As the work at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant remains stalled, a delegation of KNPP employees today met the Tirunelveli district authorities requesting them to take expeditious steps to break the prolonged logjam.

Amid the stand-off on the Koodankulam nuclear project, former President A P J Abdul Kalam has warned that delay in resolving the crisis would lead to "more anti-nuclear energy sentiments" and urged the Prime Minister to resolve the issue "politically and strategically at the earliest".

Senior citizens of Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district will be sending an appeal to the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda not to revive civil nuclear cooperation with India, said an anti-nuclear energy activist.

A central government-appointed expert committee on nuclear plants held its third round of talks with the Tamil Nadu government and people's representatives today in a bid to allay public fear over the Koodankulam plant.

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who visited the upcoming nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam today, has said he is fully satisfied with the safety aspects of the plant.

Villagers in Tamil Nadu's Koodankulam district have resumed their hunger strike. They are protesting against setting up of a nuclear power plant in the area.

The Prime Minister has sent a senior minister to Tamil Nadu to talk to villagers who live near the new nuclear plant that's being set up at 318 kms from Chennai.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday said police cases filed during the AIADMK rule against peaceful protesters vis-a-vis projects including the Neutrino Observatory and Koodankulam Nuclear Plant would be withdrawn.

Villagers at Koodankulam are meeting today to decide their next course of action following the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board's clearance to fill nuclear fuel at the upcoming nuclear plant in the area. Members of the struggle committee have condemned this and said it is a contempt of court as the Madras High Court is yet to give its orders on petit...

Like the devil is in the detail, in politics, the motive is often in the timing! Sri Lanka waking up to the existence of India's nuclear plant in Koodankulam long after it was set up and flagging safety concerns at this juncture smacks of a tit for tat mindset. The dead giveaway move is a bid to spite India for its vote in favour of the UN resoluti...

Anti-nuclear activist S P Udhayakumar has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister accusing him of defamation. The activist has contested Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks about foreign funding facilitating the protests against the new nuclear plant in Kudankulam in coastal Tamil Nadu.

Thanjavur District Small and Tiny Industries Association and the Federaton of industries and traders associations held a demonstration demanding reduction in the existing power cut and steps to commission the Koodankulam nuclear power plant.

The four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Government virtually gave a clean chit to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), saying it was well-equipped to withstand natural calamities, be it earthquake or tsunami.

The Centre today welcomed constitution of an expert committee by Tamil Nadu Government to look into the safety aspects of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant and allay the fears of locals which would help its commissioning.

A special Home Ministry team has found that some organisations involved in the protests against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant had received funds to the tune of over Rs 55 crore from "foreign sources ".

As the work at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant remains stalled, a delegation of KNPP employees today met the Tirunelveli district authorities requesting them to take expeditious steps to break the prolonged logjam.

Amid the stand-off on the Koodankulam nuclear project, former President A P J Abdul Kalam has warned that delay in resolving the crisis would lead to "more anti-nuclear energy sentiments" and urged the Prime Minister to resolve the issue "politically and strategically at the earliest".

Senior citizens of Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district will be sending an appeal to the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda not to revive civil nuclear cooperation with India, said an anti-nuclear energy activist.

A central government-appointed expert committee on nuclear plants held its third round of talks with the Tamil Nadu government and people's representatives today in a bid to allay public fear over the Koodankulam plant.

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who visited the upcoming nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam today, has said he is fully satisfied with the safety aspects of the plant.

Villagers in Tamil Nadu's Koodankulam district have resumed their hunger strike. They are protesting against setting up of a nuclear power plant in the area.

The Prime Minister has sent a senior minister to Tamil Nadu to talk to villagers who live near the new nuclear plant that's being set up at 318 kms from Chennai.