`Back-up` measures proposed to enhance nuke safety

Last Updated: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 22:10

The NSRC has proposed setting up an emergency facility at each of the nuclear reactor sites as one of the measures.

Kaiga nuclear plant poses no health hazard: NPCL

Last Updated: Saturday, June 11, 2011, 13:19

There has been no increase in morbidity patterns due to radiation in any nuclear power plant in the country, including Kaiga, and the radiation dose to the public is well within AERB stipulations, officials said Saturday.

Anti-nuke activists step up protest, demand independent AERB

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 21:26

With the Centre deciding to go ahead with the atomic power project in Jaitapur, anti-nuclear activists upped the ante accusing the government of "lobbying" and "acting as agents" of global nuclear supplier groups.

India fast-tracking amendment to AERB legislation

Last Updated: Friday, April 15, 2011, 19:08

In the backdrop of the Japan radiation scare, India is fast-tracking amendment to the AERB legislation amid a high- level committee`s recommendations that additional protective measures needed to be taken at nuclear facilities.

No increase in radiation level in India: AERB

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 20:20

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board said there was no increase in radiation in the country `over and above the natural background`.

AERB to reassess safety measures at Indian N-plants

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 18:25

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board said it would carry out a comprehensive reassessment of safety and emergency mitigation measures at all the Indian nuclear power plants, in the light of the crisis in Japan.

AERB cancels DU`s permit to use radioactive source

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 19:22

DU has failed to submit its final reply on the radiation exposure incident at Mayapuri scrap yard in Delhi within stipulated period.

DU country`s only radioactive polluter: AERB

Last Updated: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 16:12

Delhi University has earned the dubious distinction of being the country`s only violator of radioactive waste disposal norms, according to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

`Radiation levels in Mayapuri no threat to health`

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 17:57

The country`s nuclear regulator Tuesday virtually junked the findings of an international advocacy group on high levels of radiation in Mayapuri scrap market here.

Radiation exposure: AERB gets interim reply from DU

Last Updated: Friday, May 14, 2010, 20:22

AERB has received a preliminary reply from DU on violation of rules about radioactive waste.

No radioactive object lying in open in Delhi: AERB

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 21:35

Radioactive materials are no longer lying in the open in India`s national capital and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has taken possession of all such pieces, an official said here Wednesday.

No radiation source found in Delhi University: AERB

Last Updated: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 23:21

An Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) team has not found any radiation source on the Delhi University campus, Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental said Saturday.