Everything you need to know about Kudankulam: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kudankulam: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Attempting to dispel the public perception about lack of governance and charges of policy paralysis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said his government is taking corrective steps to set things right.
Chennai, May 14 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has shifted the commissioning of the first 1,000 MW unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to June 2013.
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) The first unit of the 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), set up by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), is almost ready for beginning the fission process, said a top official of the country's atomic regulator.
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) India's nuclear establishment is answerable to the common people of the country, said activists who took the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) issue to the apex court.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Monday termed as unfortunate the sanction accorded by the apex court to operationalise the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) With the apex court giving its nod Monday for the first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), it is now for the regulatory board to give its sanction to operationalise it, an official said.
The Supreme Court of India Monday gives its nod for commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, rejecting the plea of anti-nuclear activists, who filled a bunch of petition seeking to put a stay on the operation of the plant and its scrapping arguing radiation hazards to the villagers..................
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking a stay on the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today pronounce its verdict on a plea seeking a stay on the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and its scrapping.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court was moved Tuesday, seeking a direction to the government not to take steps for commissioning the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu till allegations of use of sub-standard equipment and the impact on the reactor and the public safety were probed.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 21 (IANS) Contending serious defects are now surfacing at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), CPI-M leader V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday demanded theta it should be commissioned only after a probe to find out lapses in safety measures.
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Four valves of the passive core flooding system at the Kudankulam 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) units, which were showing "occasional variation" in performance, have been replaced, an official said here late Saturday.
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) India's atomic energy regulator Friday said four defective valves were replaced at the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) which is undergoing pre-commissioning tests.
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) India's atomic energy regulator Friday said four defective valves were replaced at the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) which is undergoing pre-commissioning tests.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Power production by the first unit of the Kudankulam atomic plant will start this month, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said Wednesday.
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) said Monday that only steam was being let out of the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) as part of tests.
New Delhi, Mar. 29 (ANI): Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy on Friday assured that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant will be commissioned in April, and said that it would generate 2,000 MW of power in the current year.
Durban, March 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the first phase of the atomic power project in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, that has seen a series of anti-nuclear protests, will be up and running by next month.
Durban (South Africa), Mar. 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met on the sidelines of the Fifth BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit here, and have discussed a wide range of issues related to bilateral strategic ties.
Durban, March 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the first phase of the nuclear power project at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu will be up and running by next month.
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano is visiting India amid continuing protests over the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) Around 8,000 fishermen in around 600 fibre boats are staging a sea protest Monday against the construction of two 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an activist.
New Delhi, Feb. 21 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said several space missions are planned for 2013, including India's first mission to Mars and the launch of the first navigational satellite.
Chennai, Feb 19 (IANS) Anti-nuclear activists Tuesday urged the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to conduct a financial audit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) as it had exceeded the budgeted cost by around Rs.4,000 crore.
New Delhi, Feb. 13 (ANI): In the wake of French President Francois Hollande's scheduled visit to India on January 14, the Left Front on Wednesday demanded that New Delhi must cancel the proposed deal on the nuclear plant at Jaitapur with France, since it would be an expensive affair.
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) officials are confident about increasing the first reactor systems' temperature to 280 degrees Centigrade in a day or two while electrical systems in the second unit have been charged.
Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) Armed with a green signal from India's atomic energy regulator, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is gearing itself to repeat the full systems test - also called the hydro test - of the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a senior official said Friday.
Chennai, Jan. 21 (ANI): Members and supporters of the National Fishermen Forum (NFF) staged a protest here on Monday over the upcoming commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
Chennai, Jan 19 (IANS) The AIADMK said Saturday it would protest against the central government putting up hurdles in the development of Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Stating that nuclear energy will remain an increasingly important element of the nation's energy mix, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that India was in the process of expanding its indigenous nuclear power programme.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI): Asserting that nuclear energy will remain an essential and increasingly important element of our energy mix, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said India will reach a new milestone soon, as the first nuclear reactor with Russian collaboration at Kudankulam starts operating and with the second reactor to follow later in the current year.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Ahead of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's visit to France later this week, India Tuesday assured its nuclear partners that it was ready to increase the cost of nuclear reactors, but will not compromise on the country's civil nuclear liability law.
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday called for a scientific approach to dealing with contentious issues such as genetically modified food and nuclear energy.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Reinvigorating their multi-faceted ties, India and Russia Monday signed 10 agreements in diverse areas, including multi-billion dollar weapons deals, and resolved to fast-track negotiations to conclude pact on units III and IV of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Asserting that the development of the nuclear energy programme has been a key pillar of the strategic partnership between New Delhi and Moscow, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday said India deeply appreciates the support extended by Russian engineers and scientists in the construction of Unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Seeking to scale up strategic and economic ties, India and Russia Monday signed a clutch of agreements, including a pact on promoting direct investment, and made "good progress" in resolving issues related to units III and IV of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is arriving at New Delhi as part of his official visit to India, is expected to discuss on economic ties, energy and multi-billion dollar defence deals to India....................
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin, in India for an annual bilateral summit, has said that ties with New Delhi have a "really unique special and privileged character" and he hoped to push trade and defence cooperation as well as interaction in international affairs.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday began their bilateral summit meeting here Monday with discussions expected to focus on economic ties, energy and multi-billion dollar defence deals.
Exactly a year ago, a news-break by IANS rocked the Indian parliament about an imminent legal ban on the Bhagvad Gita, Hinduism's revered text and philosophical treatise, in Russia, forcing Moscow's intervention. The crisis blew over and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon), the official name of the Hare Krishna Movement, continued to exercise the right to distribute the Gita's Russian translation.
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival, India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was optimistic Saturday about resolving the impasse involving Russian firm Sistema's investment in the country.
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down here past Sunday midnight for a barely 18-hour visit during which India and Russia are expected to seal multi-billion dollar defence pacts and find the way forward on contentious issues like civil nuclear liability law and the Sistema investment.
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India next week could be clouded by New Delhi's concern over the unnecessary delay in delivery of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and Moscow's worries over the cancellation of Sistema's telecom licence.
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down here past Sunday midnight and will spend barely 18 hours during which India and Russia are expected to seal multi-billion dollar defence pacts and find the way forward on contentious issues like civil nuclear liability law and the Sistema investment.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) With some differences persisting over India's civil nuclear liability law, a pact on Russia constructing units III and IV of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) is unlikely to be signed during the annual India-Russia summit here Monday.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Ahead of President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi, Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin Friday said negotiations on issues relating to civil nuclear liability law are still going on and stressed that if India insisted on liability, the price of Kudankulam units III and IV will go up.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday that he could not believe that there was no solution to the underground fires in the coal fields of Jharia, in BJP-ruled Jharkhand, that has been smoking for 25 years.
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has called for a national debate on India's ambitious nuclear power programme and making it an issue in the 2014 parliamentary polls.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Children are the worst sufferers in Maoist-hit conflict zones with many landing behind bars for being accomplices in civil strife or armed conflict. Child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is drawing up a set of guidelines for the police and the armed forces on how to deal with such children, says its head, Shanta Sinha.
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) India and Ukraine are expected to sign a host of agreements, including in the areas of trade and nuclear safety Monday during the visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) continues to wait for the sectoral regulator's nod to start the heating up process at the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an official Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Barely a month before Russian President Valdimir Putin's visit, India has sought to dispel doubts about any stress in bilateral ties, saying Russia remained a key priority for India's foreign policy and sought greater economic ties with Moscow.
Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) Nuclear waste from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will not be stored in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka, said Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy here Saturday.
Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Friday said dumping spent nuclear fuel in Kolar gold mines could lead to disastrous health consequences.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Observing that there could be no compromise on safety, the Supreme Court lashed out at the Tamil Nadu government for being lethargic in putting in place a plan for the evacuation of people in the event of an accident at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is hoping to get the regulator's sanction next week to start heating up the first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an official Saturday.
Chennai, Nov.16 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed petitions which sought to declare the clamping of ban orders under Section 144 (1) of CrPC in Kudankulam as null and void.
New Delhi, Nov.9 (ANI): Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), V.Narayanasamy, on Friday cleared the air about his controversial comment that key ally-the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) -- not supporting the Kudankulam nuclear plant project in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) has crossed one more milestone -- sealing of the first 1,000-MW reactor pressure vessel, said a senior official Tuesday.
Chennai, Nov 4 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will comment on the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections only after the latter takes a decision on the issue, a senior RSS leader said Sunday.
Chennai, Nov 1 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) Thursday began the process of sealing the pressure vessel of the first 1,000 MW Russian-built reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said a senior official.
Colombo, Oct 29 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government is planning to increase diplomatic engagement on India's controversial Kundankulam nuclear power plant over safety issues, an official said here Monday.
Thiruvananthapuram/Tirunelveli, Oct 29 (ANI): Activists numbering in hundreds took to the streets and intensified their stir against the Kudankulam nuclear power project by forming human chains on Monday.
Chennai, Oct 29 (ANI): Thousands of anti-nuclear activists thronged to the streets in Chennai on Monday in an attempt to lay siege to the state assembly as mark of protest against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
Chennai, Oct 29 (IANS) Police Monday foiled an attempt by cadres of MDMK, VCK and anti-nuclear power plant activists to lay siege to the state secretariat by taking them into custody, police said.
Chennai, Oct 25 (IANS) An Australian documentary producer and his wife were Thursday prevented from entering Idinthakarai, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, said police.
Chennai, Oct 24 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is awaiting the arrival of German technicians to close the pressure vessel of the first 1,000 MW reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said a senior official.
Chennai, Oct 20 (IANS) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is expected to be operational soon and safety concerns of villagers living in the area are misplaced, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Despite protests, the two units of the 1,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear project, built with Russian collaboration in Tamil Nadu, will be completed this financial year, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy said Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The government Thursday denied that it sought to "appease" Russia by exempting it from any liability under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, in the event of any accident at Kudankulam power plant in Tamil Nadu.
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 18 (IANS) Veteran hardline Marxist V.S. Achuthanandan Thursday said he was sorry that he violated party discipline, openly taking a stance on issues that was at odds with his party's. But the former Kerala chief minister asserted he would speak up if ever he felt something was wrong.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Setting the agenda for Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit, India and Russia Monday decided to invigorate their economic ties and agreed to factor in liability concerns in the final deal for units III and IV of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) A day ahead of his talks here, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Sunday said Russia respected India's nuclear liability law, but indicated that the price of Kudankulam reactors III and IV may have to be renegotiated.
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14 (IANS) The CPI-M Sunday once again pledged support to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu -- though with a safety audit. The move has come as a setback to veteran Kerala leader V.S. Achuthanandan who is against the plant.
Chennai, Oct 13 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is expecting the sector regulator's clearance to close the pressure vessel of the first 1,000 MW reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) next week, a senior official said Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) National Advisory Council (NAC) member and activist Aruna Roy Thursday demanded that the government should explain as to why activists were not given information on the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
Chennai, Oct 8 (IANS) Winding up the protest in the sea against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Monday, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) will chalk out its next course of agitation Oct 14, said an activist.
Chennai, Oct 8 (IANS) Opposing the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), people belonging to various walks of life - fishermen, traders, activists, cadres of political parties - began a protest at the sea near the atomic power plant, around 500 metres from the Kudankulam shore Monday, an activist said.
Kovalam, Oct 6 (IANS) Rights activist Binayak Sen Saturday slammed the blanket use of the sedition law by the government on cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and the anti-Kudankulam protesters, warning this tendency was becoming a threat to free speech.
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The loading of uranium enriched fuel bundles in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) was completed Tuesday, said senior officials of the atomic energy sector.
New Delhi, Sep 28 (ANI): Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Friday said the Kudankulam nuclear plant is absolutely safe.
Chennai, Sep 26 (IANS) The loading of uranium-enriched fuel bundles in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is progressing at a steady pace and would take another 10 days to complete, a senior official said.
Chennai, Sep 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday accused DMK president M. Karunanidhi of adopting double standards on the Cauvery dispute, Kudankulam nuclear project and power shortage.
Chennai, Sept 25 (ANI): Anti-nuke protests in the region have intensified, with activists staging a demonstration outside a government building here on Tuesday.
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), Sept 22 (ANI): Stepping up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday tried to lay siege to the port in Tuticorin.
Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Thousands of fishermen Saturday blocked the approach channel to the Tuticorin Port with their boats to protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an activist.
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court was moved Friday for staying the environmental clearance given to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in 1989 as this was not in conformity with the prevailing requirements of environmental clearances.
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) India's atomic energy regulator Friday said it has given its nod to Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCIL) to load enriched uranium fuel rods in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu. The process of loading is underway.
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) India's atomic energy regulator Friday said it has given its nod to Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCIL) to load enriched uranium fuel rods in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).
Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) India's atomic energy regulator Friday said it has given its nod to Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCIL) to load enriched uranium fuel rods in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (IANS) Veteran Communist and Kerala's leader of opposition V.S. Achuthanandan is firm on going to Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam Tuesday, defying both his CPI-M's directive and a request from the state home department.
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is still in the process of complying with the pre-conditions laid down by the atomic regulator for fuelling the first reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), the sectoral regulator said.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Amnesty Friday demanded an end to the use of police force against "peaceful protesters" agitating against a nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), would continue their 'jal satyagraha' or peaceful water protest Friday, an activist said.
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) Against the backdrop of growing protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu, India's atomic energy regulator Thursday termed the project safe but said it had not given the nod to load fuel pending a final evaluation report.
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), stood in the sea water Thursday to give expression to their anger at moves to load uranium fuel in one of the two reactors.
Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu), Sept 13 (ANI): Villagers and activists protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant formed a human chain in the sea off Idianthakarai coast to step up their agitation on Thursday.
On the line of 'Jal Satyagraha' held in Madhya Pradesh against the Omkareshwar Dam on the Narmada, hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, Thursday decided to go for another water protest against the the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).................
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Hundreds of people from Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), walked into the sea Thursday to give expression to their anger at moves to load uranium fuel in one of the two reactors.
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has completed the boron flushing of the first reactor at its Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a major exercise stipulated by the atomic energy regulator, an official said Wednesday.
