Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station

• Man arrested for taking photos of Kalpakkam reactor in Tamil Nadu

  A contract labourer at the Madras Atomic Power station at Kalpakkam in Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu has been arrested after some pen drives and a mobile phone that had over 400 photos of the BHAVINI Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor were seized from him, police said on Thursday.

• HC directive to police on fast over nuclear power plant

  Madras High Court today directed Tamil Nadu police to permit a forum to hold a one-day fast to highlight alleged health risks posed by the nuclear power plant in Kalpakkam, about 70 km from here.

• Kalpakkam nuclear reactors not affected by cyclone Thane

  It was business as usual at the Kalpakkam atomic power plants, around 80 km from here, even as cyclone Thane lashed the coastal districts affecting normal life on Friday. The two power plants of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located on the Kalpakkam coast were generating power as usual, though necessary precautions against the cyclone have be...

• Tamil Nadu nuclear plant gears up to face cyclone Thane

  Cyclone Thane which is due to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning has raised fears about the safety of nuclear plants in the state. Although the Kudankulam nuclear plant is at a safe distance from cyclone landfall, authorities have concerns about the safety of the Kalpakkam nuclear facilities.

• Missing scientific officer traced to, err, prison

  A scientific officer who was missing from the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station has been located. Near Chennai. In jail.Thirty-eight-year-old VV Radhakrishnan was last seen at work a week ago on Friday. His wife, who lives in Kerala, registered him as a missing person with the Kalpakkam police which then began searching for the scientific officer.&nbs...