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Foreign companies won’t have to pay for nuclear accidents in India

Nuke accident: India liable, not foreign suppliers?, NDTV ,  March 14, 2010, New Delhi, The government is set to introduce a contentious bill in Lok Sabha on Monday, which seeks to fix liability in case of a nuclear accident. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, India | , , , , | Leave a comment

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill aimed at helping U.S. interests

legislation that safeguards the interests of the United States at the expense of the safety of Indian people

Left parties want Nuclear Liability Bill scrapped, THE HINDU, 15 March 2010,

It’s an attempt by the government to safeguard U.S. interests, they say Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by | India, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

India’s Nuclear Liability Bill not all plain sailing

BJP, Left to seek closer scrutiny of nuclear liability Bill, THE HINDU, Sandeep Dikshit, 15 March 2010, NEW DELHI: The government has scheduled for Monday the introduction of a Bill in the Lok Sabha limiting compensation in case of a nuclear accident. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties have resolved to oppose the Bill and seek its referral to the Standing Committee for closer scrutiny…. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by | India, politics | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Russia doing lucrative nuclear deals with India

Big bucks, many irritants, Business Standard, 15 March 2010, The Russia-India relationship, Ajai Shukla / New Delhi, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s 5th visit to India, superficially a success, in fact highlighted the one-way structure of the Russia-India relationship.

The four pillars on which the relationship rests — strategic congruence; defence and space partnership; nuclear power generation; and hydrocarbons — remain biased in favour of Russia. Continue reading →

March 15, 2010 Posted by | India, politics international | , , , , | Leave a comment

Russia joins the rush to sell nuclear reactors to India

Putin Visits India in Race With U.S. for Arms, Nuclear Deals, BusinessWeek, March 11, 2010, By Lucian Kim and Bibhudatta PradhanMarch 11 (Bloomberg) –– Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi tonight to fend off competition from the U.S. and Europe to supply arms and nuclear energy to India.Putin is set to meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh tomorrow to oversee the signing of more than $10 billion in deals, including a refurbished aircraft carrier, MiG-29 fighter jets and two nuclear reactors.

Putin Visits India in Race With U.S. for Arms, Nuclear Deals – BusinessWeek

March 11, 2010 Posted by | India, politics international | , , , | Leave a comment

India’s nuclear power industry stalled in Parliament

Now, nuclear liabilities bill under a cloud, Business Standard, New Delhi March 10, 2010, The Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest opposition party that helped pass the women’s Bill, has now told the government that it would do nothing to jeopardise the Finance Bill and the Vote on Account — which needs to be passed by March 16 when Parliament goes into recess.

But it would not help it pass the critical Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill…..The nuclear liabilities Bill is considered essential to jump-start civil nuclear commerce. …If the UPA could have banked on SP and RJD’s support, it could have ignored the opposition’s objections. But in the current environment, it is entirely possible that if the Bill is introduced in the lower House, it could be defeated.

Now, nuclear liabilities bill under a cloud

March 10, 2010 Posted by | India, politics | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Revealed: Japan’s secret nuclear arms deals with USA

Japan ‘lied’ on secret US nuclear deal  Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent , The Australian  March 10, 2010 JAPANESE governments lied to their people for more than 30 years about a “tacit” secret agreement allowing nuclear-armed US vessels to use their ports, a special Foreign Ministry panel reported yesterday. Continue reading →

March 10, 2010 Posted by | Japan, secrets,lies and civil liberties | , , , , , | Leave a comment

South Korea to become nuclear power giant, with the help of USA

.But a growing radioactive waste stockpile which already amounts to 10,800 tonnes, coupled with a US ban on reprocessing, is fuelling uncertainty about the industry’s future.

S.Korea’s nuclear dreams hinge on new deal with US, Energy Gas Oil, SEOUL, March 7 (AFP) –– South Korea, which has spent decades developing nuclear power to make up for its lack of oil, now hopes to become a global leader in atomic energy Continue reading →

March 8, 2010 Posted by | politics international, South Korea | , , , , | Leave a comment

North Korea threatens nuclear buildup

North Korea warns U.S. and South of nuclear build-up, NewsDaily: SEOUL, Mar. 7, 2010 (Reuters) — North Korea said on Sunday it will bolster its atomic arsenal and was no longer bound by the cease fire that ended the Korean War due to joint U.S.-South Korean military drills, which start this week…..The North has come under pressure to return to six-country disarmament-for-aid nuclear talks due to U.N. sanctions imposed after a May 2009 nuclear test….The two Koreas are technically still at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice and not a peace treaty.

NewsDaily: North Korea warns U.S. and South of nuclear build-up

March 8, 2010 Posted by | North Korea, South Korea, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

North Korea threatens to call off nuclear disarmament talks

North Korea: Nuclear disarmament is off if military exercises proceed, The Hill, By Bridget Johnson – 03/07/10 North Korea said Sunday that if the U.S. moves forward with a South Korean military exercise, nuclear disarmament is off.” Continue reading →

March 8, 2010 Posted by | North Korea, weapons and war | , , | Leave a comment

Solar Energy prospects looking up in India

Budget 2010 puts money where mouth is for Solar Energy, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, By Ameet Shah and Sourabh Sen, 4 March 2010,

The 2010-11 budget is great news for renewable energy, and in particular solar energy, in India. In November of last year, the Government of India took a major stride forward in driving sustainable development with the announcement of the National Solar Mission targeting 20,000MW of installed solar power by 2022. But the fact that they’ve now included it in the budget is a critical step.

While the NSM set the vision for solar in India, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s tariff order laid out the details. These guidelines further strengthened the case for investing in the Indian solar sector by setting preferential feed-in-tariffs and declaring long term (25 year) power purchase agreements…http://blogs.wsj.com/india-chief-mentor/2010/03/04/budget-2010-puts-money-where-mouth-is-for-solar-energy/

March 5, 2010 Posted by | climate change, India, renewable | , , | Leave a comment

Anti-uranium groups in India boycott uranium mining meeting

KSU boycotts uranium meet The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) Shillong, March 2: The first meeting of the joint committee on uranium mining was today boycotted by groups opposing the quarrying of the radioactive mineral in Meghalaya. Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 Posted by | India, politics | | Leave a comment

USA won’t supply nuclear technology to Pakistan

No nuclear deal with Pakistan, says US, DAWN.COM | By Anwar IqbalMonday, 01 Mar, 2010
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has told Pakistan it would not get an atomic power plant or a civilian nuclear deal from the United States. Continue reading →

March 2, 2010 Posted by | Pakistan, politics international | , , | 1 Comment

Failing Nuclear industry trying to save itself in reactor sales to China?

Here’s how the shell game could work. If the coal industry could sell outdated, pollution-spewing, coal-fired power plants to China, could the nuclear power industry do the same thing? Could they get rid of their unresolved and unfunded decommissioning headache with the same trick?

(USA) How Do You Say “Oh Crap!” in Chinese?, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Alexia Parks, February 22, 2010 China is picking up the worst of American technology along with its best. For example, to keep up with U.S. consumer demand, China has bought and imported the worst of our outdated, pollution-spewing, coal-fired power plants. American coal power plant owners made out like bandits in the sale and transfer of outdated technology. Under-regulated, their Chinese counterparts have made millions on their rapid manufacture of products for the U.S. market…………. Continue reading →

February 23, 2010 Posted by | business and costs, China | , , , , , | Leave a comment

China’s renewable energy future coming fast

…wind power could meet all China’s electricity demand by 2030..

Green energy for China  environmentalresearchweb 20 Jan 2010 “…..China is relying heavily on coal but is also turning increasingly to non-fossil energy sources. Its nuclear programme often gets the headlines, but in 2008 China had as much wind capacity in place as it had nuclear capacity……….wind has now more than doubled- Continue reading →

February 22, 2010 Posted by | China, climate change, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment