Indian villagers oppose US nuclear industry taking their land
News Centrer 8 Dec 2009
US nuclear firms said on Monday they were worried land scarcity in India could further delay a joint atomic deal already hobbled by policy holdups over issues such as accident liability protection.
A 50-member US business delegation this week is seeking to push the implementation of the deal, which promises to open up India’s multi-billion-dollar nuclear market to American firms.US firms already worry over delays such as writing a new Indian law to limit US firms’ liability in case of an industrial accident Continue reading
Theft of uranium in Mumbai
Mumbai police arrest three with yellowcake news TRAK In
Mumbai, Dec 8 (ANI): The Mumbai Crime Branch Police have arrested three persons with five kilograms of uranium in Panvel, Navi Mumbai here.
According to the information received from the Police sources, the three people have been arrested with Yellowcake that is used in the preparation of uranium for nuclear fuel.
The seized uranium has been sent to the Bhava Atomic Research Center for testing.
The officials at the Department of Atomic Energy said the Mumbai Police has sent the sample of the uranium for testing…..http://trak.in/news/mumbai-police-arrests-three-with-yellowcake/32805/
India-Russia deal on reprocessing spent nuclear fuel
India and Russia to sign key nuclear agreement Gulf Times 6 Dec 09 Agencies/Moscow India and Russia will today sign an umbrella agreement for expanding civil nuclear co-operation that will give New Delhi the right to reprocess spent fuel, a deal that will take their pact “far beyond the 123 agreement” inked with the US, a top official said yesterday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on a three-day visit…………… Continue reading
Pakistan, China concerned about US-India nuclear deal
India-US relations and Pakistan’s concerns DAWN.com By Shahid R. Siddiqi , 07 Dec, 2009 – “…….India needed western technology; the US needed the Indian market. India had regional aspirations, a nuclear and military strength which it was keen to expand Continue reading
Secrecy in India about troubled nuclear industry
India’s atom state The Daily Mail Ramachandra Guha 7 Dec 09 THE most secretive institution in India is the Atomic Energy Commission. Although its power plants profess to produce goods for the benefit of the public, they are not judged by the standards of profitability and accountability that the market imposes on other industries. Continue reading
Dubious security of India’s nuclear plants
Pressing the radio buttons THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS Huma Siddiqui Dec 07, 2009 Radioactivity is invisible, has no smell, makes no sound—in fact it cannot be detected by any of our senses. Yet, in case of a radioactive spill arising out of a nuclear accident, harmful effects to human mankind can be unimaginable.
The recent contamination of a water cooler in Kaiga nuclear power plant in Karnataka has once again raised question marks Continue reading
Poor nuclear security in India
Lax security at Kaiga? Express buzz Arun 01 Dec 2009 BANGALORE: Going by concern expressed by antinuclear activists, the tritium leak at the Kaiga nuclear power plant reflects the callousness by the authorities. Continue reading
Terrorism fears for India’s nuclear industry
India puts nuclear facilities on alert over suspected terror threat. Canada.com By David Akin, Canwest News Service November 17, 2009 Continue reading
No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose
No nuclear plant at Haripur if locals oppose’ Express Buzz 16 Nov 09 KOLKATA: As locals continue protests against the proposed coastal nuclear power plant at Haripur in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar today said the plant will not come up there if the people do not want it…… Continue reading
Rural movement to stop nuclear power in India
Land trouble may trip N-power in Gujarat Business Standard 14 Nov 09 Maulik Pathak / Jasapara , Vashram Patel, a farmer in the Jasapara village in Gujarat, says it is better to “fight and die” on his land rather than move to another place. Continue reading
Anti-uranium mining, anti-nuclear movement in India
Mounting pressure against new uranium mining and nuclear power plants NewsPost Online by admin i 19 Oct 09 There is a growing civil society movement against the new uranium mining and nuclear power plants in India. Continue reading
India’s unhealthy nuclear industry
The New nation 19 Oct 09 “……………….In India, health hazards from nuclear power plants have always been swept under the carpet. In 2007, physicist V Pugazhendhi of the Doctors for Safer Environment released a study on the incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease among women in and around Kalpakkam, where the prototype fast reactor is under construction. It showed the disease affected 24 per cent women within a radius of 5 km from the plant. Continue reading
India’s pursuit of nuclear – fraught with obstacles
India’s desperate pursuit of nuclear energy risky the New Nation, bangladesh, Savvy Soumya Misra October 19, 2009 Ever since the Indo-US nuclear deal signed in October last year lifted 34-year-old global sanctions that denied India access to the international atomic energy market, including uranium, Delhi has been on a shopping spree, buying nuclear fuel and reactors.India has signed civil nuclear agreements with France, USA, South Korea and Russia in the past 18 months………………… Continue reading
India’s nuke industry leading to dangers
Downside of more Indian N tests Pakistan Observer Sultan M Hali 16 Oct 09 There is a sudden flurry of revelations by Indian scientists that its 1998 thermonuclear tests were a failure and India needs to carry out more tests Continue reading
Uranium pollution in India
The most vulnerable naked nukes of India —more than 80% of India’s nuclear and missile infrastructure based in the insurgency-hit areas or extremists’ dominated region The Daily Mail 14 Oct 09 By Makhdoom Babar in Islamabad & Christina Palmer in New Delhi
“……………………..The Daily Mail’s investigation team learnt that the radiation was a big problem in the area, yet it was unaddressed by the government. Continue reading
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