Power
SC grills NPCIL about Kudankulam N-waste disposal
17 Oct 2012
The Supreme Court today sought to know when and where nuclear waste from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant would be disposed and what impact it would have on environment and people's health
CBI charges Yeddyurappa, JSW Steel in graft case
17 Oct 2012
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has been accused of receiving a Rs20-crore kickback from South West Mining in return for waiving Rs890 crore due to the state government
Tamil Nadu n-plant big on Russian visit
15 Oct 2012
Technicians last week loaded fuel in all 163 assemblies at Unit-I of the KNPP and the criticality process has been launched, which in effect means generation of electricity has started, though not yet fed into any power grid
UK fund sues Coal India for mismanagement
13 Oct 2012
TCI has alleged that the government abused its powers as a majority shareholder to improperly exert pressure on CIL directors to take decisions against the interests of other shareholders
Suzlon Energy may default on $229 million FCCBs
11 Oct 2012
ONGC to drill for thermal energy in Cambay
09 Oct 2012
CIL wants power firms to pay full import costs
06 Oct 2012
EU demands higher safety standards for nuclear reactors
05 Oct 2012
A stress test of 145 European nuclear plants revealed that 54 have not applied current standards for earthquake risk and 62 reactors were not up to standards for flooding risk
Kudankulam n-plant starts power production
04 Oct 2012
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