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Campaign against expanding nuclear projects in TN via The Hindu

Posted on 2016/01/05 by norma field

As negotiations between India and Russia are in the advanced stages for installing the third and fourth units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, anti-nuclear activists have intensified their campaign against the expansion of nuclear assets in … Continue reading →

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Foreign hand trying to stall India’s atomic programme: AEC chief via The Economic Times

Posted on 2015/12/27 by norma field

NEW DELHI: With serious allegations of leaky nuclear reactors and poor security levelled against India’s nuclear programme, Atomic Energy Commission chief Sekhar Basu brushes aside these charges saying this is a “well designed agenda” to “stall or delay” the country’s … Continue reading →

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India’s nuclear solution to global warming is generating huge domestic protests via the Center for Public Integrity

Posted on 2015/12/16 by norma field

By Adrian Levy Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, INDIA — In a town riven by blackouts every summer, the startup in December of commercial operations for a multi-billion-dollar, Russian-built nuclear reactor near here would ordinarily have been a cause for celebration. It … Continue reading →

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Quiet burial for the nuclear deal? via Gateway House

Posted on 2015/11/05 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Solar power developers have offered to sell electricity in India at less than Rs 5/unit. This makes solar competitive with traditional forms of energy, and makes new nuclear power plants financially unviable. India must register the changed reality, and discard … Continue reading →

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COLUMN-Russia building nuclear reactors – and influence – around the globe via Reuters

Posted on 2015/05/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Hannah Thoburn is a Eurasia analyst at the Foreign Policy Initiative. She tweets on Russia and Ukraine at @HannahThoburn.The opinions expressed here are her own.) By Hannah Thoburn (Reuters) – Russia has been notoriously brazen in using state-owned companies as … Continue reading →

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India’s Ambitions With Atomic Plants: Two Opposing Views via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2014/12/24 by norma field

In coming weeks the nuclear plant at Kudankulam — built on a part of the Indian coastline struck 10 years ago this week by a devastating tsunami — will start officially selling electricity into the Indian power grid. The Wall … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear activist Udayakumar quits AAP via The Times of India

Posted on 2014/10/18 by norma field

MADURAI: Anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar on Saturday announced his resignation from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) because he felt that the party high command did not pay attention to the problems of the people in south Tamil Nadu. […] … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear power activist Udayakumar detained at IGIA via The Indian Express

Posted on 2014/09/16 by norma field

Activist S P Udayakumar, who spearheaded the campaign against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) as the convenor of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), was stopped and interrogated at Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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Nuclear plant near Chennai all set for milestone via The Hindu

Posted on 2014/07/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chennai, July 1:   Far removed from any protest-din, a nuclear power plant 40 km south of Chennai, is all set to achieving a milestone – loading of liquid sodium. The operators of the nuclear power station, which is half the … Continue reading →

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Six workers injured at Indian nuclear plant via UCA News

Posted on 2014/05/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Anti-nuclear activists in southern India have vowed to intensify their protests against a Russian-backed nuclear power plant after six workers were injured in a “hot water spill”. Six workers suffered significant burns in the accident Wednesday in the Kudankulam nuclear … Continue reading →

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