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Kudankulam nuclear plant officials receive threat letter via The Times of India

TIRUNELVELI: Days before the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear power Project is to be commissioned, officials at the plant site received an anonymous threat letter, police said on Saturday. The hand-written post card was received by the security personnel … Continue reading

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Kudankulam to go live during Putin trip via The Times of India

[…] “The time constraint will prevent Putin from going there himself but the commissioning can happen even in a virtual manner with the Russian President and PM Manmohan Singh together giving the go-ahead from Delhi,” said a source. It remains … Continue reading

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India: Conflict Over Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Continues via Global Voice

The Atomic Power Project in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has started operations last month amidst protests (see Global Voices report). The plant has started generating electricity but the situation is becoming … Continue reading

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[video] Women power vs nuclear power in Kudankulam

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Kudankulam Unit-1 Gets Go-Ahead For Fuel Loading via NucNet

13 Aug (NucNet): India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given approval for initial fuel loading and first approach to criticality of unit-1 of Kudankulam nuclear power station at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. AERB said the approval was given on … Continue reading

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Kudankulam nuclear reactor to be fuelled by mid-August: Officials via NDTV

Chennai: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is hopeful of soon getting clearance from the sectoral regulator to fuel the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a senior official said Sunday. “We had two detailed meetings with … Continue reading

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Kudankulam nuclear plant hits new hurdle, PM asks who will pay for mishap via NDTV

New Delhi: The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu has run up against new hurdles. This time, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants to know from the Department of Atomic Energy who will pay if there is a mishap at … Continue reading

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SUPPORT INDIAN PROTESTORS! CLOSE KUDANKULAM REACTORS–BEFORE THEY OPEN! via Nuclear Resource and Information Service

March 23, 2012 Dear Friends, Dr. S.P. Udayakumar (Kumar to his friends, and I consider myself one of them) is a longtime leader in the peaceful resistance to nuclear power in India, as well as a leader in the NIRS/WISE … Continue reading

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Kudankulam a victim of misinformation via DNA

Former chief of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Dr Anil Kakodkar has stated that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and its generating stations have to meticulously follow their corporate social responsibilities. He revealed that what happened in Kudankulam was … Continue reading

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Top nuclear officials meet Kudankulam expert panel via Hindustan Times

Top officials of the Indian nuclear establishment on Saturday met the expert committee the central government has set up to allay fears of people living in and around Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam where a mega atomic power plant is on the … Continue reading

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