Manmohan On Nuclear Plants

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lays foundation stone of nuclear plant in Haryana

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said one of the biggest achievements of the UPA government was enhancing the power generation capacity in the country to meet growing power needs.

• India, Russia deal on Kudankulam reactors unlikely during PM's tour: sources

  The expected agreement between India and Russia for the supply of units III and IV of the Kudankulam nuclear reactor is not being signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's two-day visit to Moscow that began on Sunday.

• Deal on two new reactors in Kudankulam unlikely during Prime Minister's Russia visit

  Legal hitches appear to have cropped up in the plans to set up two new reactors in the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and a commercial agreement on it is unlikely to be signed at the Annual Summit between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday.

• Giving up nuclear power 'harmful', says PM

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that his government was committed to ensuring foolproof security of nuclear power plants but it would be harmful for the country to pass an ordinance against nuclear power.

• Activist sends legal notice to PM for remarks on foreign funding of Kudankulam protests

  Anti-nuclear activist S P Udhayakumar has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister accusing him of defamation. The activist has contested Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks about foreign funding facilitating the protests against the new nuclear plant in Kudankulam in coastal Tamil Nadu.

• Our government supports India's nuclear projects: US envoy

  A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed American NGOs for fuelling protests at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, the US envoy has reacted by saying that America supports all nuclear power projects being undertaken by India.

• PM blames American NGOs for Kudankulam power plant protests

  In what could create a new controversy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has blamed American NGOs for fuelling protests at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

• Kudankulam row: 'Amazed' by 15-day claim, Jayalalithaa asks PM to allay public fears

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, saying she was shocked at his announcement that the Kudankulam Nulcear Power Plant, whose commissioning has been stalled due to protests, will start functioning within 15 days.

• PM says Kudankulam agitation 'overdone', plant cannot be left idle

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant, whose commissioning has been stalled due to protests, cannot be allowed to remain "idle" when the nation has sunk an amount of Rs 14,000 crore on the project.

• Govt announces expert group on Kudankulam nuclear plant

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tried to allay Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's fears over the Kudankulam nuclear plant, by saying that the promised expert group which would go into the issue of the safety of the proposed plant, would be set up today.

• DMK joins Jayalalithaa against Kudankulam nuclear plant

  For the second time, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has strongly criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Kudankulam nuclear plant row, saying her government is very clear that there should be no work at the site unless public fears are addressed. "Protests are happening only because Centre hasn't suspended work. The Prime Minister ...

• Want transparency in functioning of N-plants: PM

  In light of the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked for more transparency in the functioning and decision-making of India's nuclear plants."Our nuclear safety record is impeccable but we cannot be complacent... Future reactors built in India will have to be certified by the Indian regulatory authority and meet...