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Shiv Sena may demand to scrap jaitapur n-plant via The Asian Age

Posted on 2014/05/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The rift between the Shiv Sena and BJP is likely to widen as the Sena is preparing to present a demand to scrap the Jaitapur nuclear power plant in Konkan before Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who holds the Atomic Energy … 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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India’s nuclear indecision: Why it would be unwise to revert the ‘No First Use’ policy? via india.com

Posted on 2014/05/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The recent brouhaha over the alleged reconsideration of India’s nuclear no first use (NFU) policy by a potential Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was disappointing. One, it was unnerving to watch how paranoid politicians are of even a mischievous, unsubstantiated … Continue reading →

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‘Tiger’ women carry on anti-nuclear protest via The Telegraph

Posted on 2014/04/25 by norma field

Here, the men go to work and the women fight. They have been doing that for nearly a thousand days now, braving police batons to “save future generations from a potential Fukushima-like disaster”. Maybe, the clue lies in the way … Continue reading →

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Radiation-linked concerns should shift to handsets: Cellular Operators Association of India via The Economic Times

Posted on 2014/04/17 by norma field

NEW DELHI: India’s GSM operators want the telecom department (DoT) to drive regulation of cell tower emissions to pre-empt vested interests from derailing network expansion and hurting quality of mobile coverage. […] Tower emission fears, he said, were being unfairly … Continue reading →

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BJP puts ‘no first use’ nuclear policy in doubt via Reuters India

Posted on 2014/04/07 by norma field

(Reuters) – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), widely tipped to form the next government, pledged on Monday to revise the country’s nuclear doctrine, whose central principle is that New Delhi would not be first to use atomic weapons in a … Continue reading →

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Prime Minister proposes no-first use of nuclear weapons via Nation

Posted on 2014/04/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday proposed a global convention on ‘no-first use’ of nuclear weapons as it could lead to elimination of atomic arsenal. “If all states possessing nuclear weapons recognise that if this is so (nuclear weapons are … Continue reading →

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Maharashtra govt to pull plug on cell towers if they breach radiation norms via mid-day

Posted on 2014/03/21 by norma field

To check the mushrooming of cell phone towers, the state’s new policy on installation of telecommunication cell sites/base stations (TCS/BS) warns service providers of heavy penalty, besides the possibility of shutdown if they violate norms. […] The policy says that … Continue reading →

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Contract workers of Tarapur plant go on strike via The Hindu Times

Posted on 2014/02/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Contract workers at Tarapur Atomic Power Station and Bhabha Atomic Power Station demand increse in pay scales and permanent jobs Around 4, 000 contract workers of the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) and the nearby Bhabha Atomic Power Station have … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear graveyard: To ‘light up’ our homes, some lives are falling into ‘darkness’ via Hindustan Times

Posted on 2014/02/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By 2032, India hopes to generate 63 gigawatts of nuclear power that will reduce its dependence on energy and make it self-reliant. Jadugoda, a small township in Jharkhand, where the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) is mining uranium, may … Continue reading →

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