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Modi’s New Nuclear Announcement: Old Plans, Ongoing Handouts, New Spin
In May 2017, the union cabinet approved the construction of 10 more 700 megawatt pressurised heavy water reactors. A careful reading of this largely public relations spin on existing plans suggests...
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Koodankulam Nuclear Reactors are Dysfunctional, but the Government Remains in...
Nityanand Jayaraman | Now that four more units are proposed in the same place where two units stand as monumental testimonies of the corruption and rot that India and Russia stand for, let's not leave...
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Full Document: Report of the CAG Audit on Deficiencies in Commissioning of...
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), Units I & II (38 of 2017) was laid in Parliament on 27 December 2017. This Report on KKNPP...
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CAG Report on Kudankulam Reinforces Civil Society’s Concerns About Safety:...
Dr. EAS Sarma | Comptroller & Auditor General's report on performance of Kudankulam Units I & II submitted to the Parliament reinforces the concerns of the civil society about the safety of the...
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As India Celebrates Republic Day, People in Narmada Valley Boycott Polls...
Communities in central India’s Mandla district, especially Gond adivasi tribes, have been vociferously agitating against the Chutka nuclear reactor project proposed in their region. Villagers in Chutka...
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Chutka Nuclear Project: Former CM Digvijay Singh Voices Opposition, Will...
Kumar Sundaram | The former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and senior leader of the opposition Congress party has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to rethink the Chutka...
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Uranium Mine Killing Livelihoods and Health: A Ground Report from...
“Take photos and videos… and tell them what has this factory has done to our lives,” says an angry L Gangulavva (50) as she collects water from a tanker at KK Kotala village in Andhra Pradesh. The post...
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Russia’s Nuclear Projects in India Face Financial Crisis, Media Censored to...
The website has subsequently taken down the article obviously under pressure from the Indian government because it puts India in an embarrassing situation as PM Modi has announced a large number of...
View ArticleDevelopment Rhetoric of Nuclear Plant in Bangladesh: Productivity before People
Without effectual resistance, Bangladesh is poised to join the ranks of 31 other nuclear nations of the world with the construction of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. The Government of Bangladesh asks...
View ArticleDear DAE, How About Inviting Some Independent Experts to Your Seminar on...
An open letter to the Atomic Energy Commission by Shri Shankar Sharma, an independent power policy analyst - "I am astounded by the absence of any commitment by the DAE to make such seminars...
View ArticleDear CAG, You Must Probe the Opacity of Modi’s Push for Jaitapur; It Is yet...
As India and France hastily move to expedite the Jaitapur project by negotiating the 'techno-commercial' agreement in a completely secret and unaccountable manner, India's former Union Power Secretary...
View ArticleAEC calls Kudankulam shut-downs serious, but institutionalised nuclear...
Should not DAE and AERB enhance the transparency of NPCIL's operations and provide more details to the public? The least that DAE could have done is to enhance the safety oversight and take the public...
View ArticleCyber Vulnerability of Kudankulam Nuclear Plant: Risks More Pronounced than...
Kumar Sundaram | The NPCIL must come clear on the larger issue of suppliers and systems involved in the KKNPP. Transparency is a pre-requisite when the safety of millions of Indian citizens is at...
View ArticleIn a Season of Impetuous Lawmaking, whither Nuclear Safety?
Sonali Huria | The Leaflet SINCE returning to power last year with an overwhelming majority in the 2019 general elections, the Modi-led government has passed a series of legislations in rapid...
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