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Kalaburagl,Hubballl, Hassan: \Giving a gory ,twist to the

,ongoing spreeof farmer sui­cides in the state. a debt-rid-'den farmer electrocuted him-, 'self at Bidanur village inAfzalpur taluk on Tuesday.

- According to reportsBhaganna.35, touched the live

electric wires in'his fieldTuesdaymorning and commit­

ted sUicide.Heowned threeacresof land and had taken aloan of ~ lakh fro'mPragati

KrishnaBankand other privatemoney-lenders.With

Bhaganna'sdeath. the totill sui­cides in the district In the lastfew months has risento ten.In another incident at DegalMadagi village In Chincholitaluk. 60-year-old farmer

Mallappaconsumedpolson onMon~ayevening In '~bid to kin

himself. Hewas rushedto aBidar hospital where he

breathed his last on Tuesday.Thirty-year-old NagarajofHalgadlavillage in Jewargi

tried to commit suicide by con­suming poison onTuesday and, was rushed to a local hospital

where tie is battling for life.In Gadag.a debt-ridden farmercommitted suicide in Kalliganurvillage of Rontaluk on Tuesday.

The deceasedfarmer.HanumantappaKodagu.52.

wasdepressedover the lossof'his moong dal crop in his fiveacresof agricultural land dueto failure of the monsoon.Hehad taken ~ lakh loan fromKarnatakaVikasGrameena

'Bank.The number of farmer suicidesin the district hasgone up to 12

in the last two months.A fanner lokeslt, 30. allegedlycommitted suic1deby hangingat his houseat Mahadevarahalli, of GandsihobIi In Araslkere'taluk of.Hassan;The Incident<happenedon Tuesday.lokeshowned three acr8$of land andcultivatecf'potatos. Since.therainsfailed thi~ season.crops

.t ' • w~re.aestroyedI~ding to• JlnanciallOsses.ltis $.iIlcfthat

lQkesh',had.borro\yed~ lakh;fr9,m;abcjl'l~In,'qandsl,,and1IIS9;,avalled,loansfrom priVatemol1" .',; , ..', ",., ,J eYlendeij.......

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'In the" Himalayas. many, year.s 'ago apples grew evenat theJevel of 7.000 feet.Now.they grow only at 9000feet' or above.' Reason?Tropi~ countries ,likeIndia which already havehigh temperature are mostaffected due to climatechanges •. said former for­eign secretary ShyamSaran.He delivered a lecture on

'Climate Change andEnergy security: Twinchallenges confrontingIndia' at the NationalInstitute of Advance stud­ies on Tuesday.Stressing that the climate

change and energy are twosides of the same coin. hesaid that to deal with thethreat of climate changethe world needs to strategi­cally shift from greenhousegas (GHG)generating fossilfuel to renewable 'sourceslike solar energy and cleansources of energy like

.~nuclear energy.HOwever.such a transi­

tion faces hurdles in theform of mitigation. adapta-

, , The developed countries arehighly adaptable to climatechanges, but the tropical

countries need robust global l'99ime toadapt to these changes .'

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tion, fmance and technolo­gy," he said.The former foreign secre­

tary explained that indus­trialised countries weremajor contributors of'greenhouse gas emissions.FUrther. he. said that thetropical countries were lessadaptable to climatechanges. when compared todeveloped countries. "Thedeveloped countries, arehighly adaptable to climate'changes. but ,the tropicalcountries need robust glob­al regime to adapt to thesechanges ....he said.-Mr Saran highlighted thatgreenhouse gas emissionsremain in the atmospherecausing global warming."Wedo not know the macroIevel impact of these emis­sions. We should not onlyknow how to deal with cli­mate challenges, but even

POSCO,Uttam Galvaarm, to set up steel plantAnother bid from Korean giantMUMBAI: South Koreansteel giant POSCOhasSigned a memorandum ofagreement (MoA) withShree Uttam Steel and Pow­er to set up an Integratedsteel manufacturing facilityunder a jOintventurearrangement In India.ShreeUttamSteelandPow­

er is fully ownedby theMiglanifamilywhoare the co-promot­ers ofUttam GalvaSteelswithArcelorMittal.The MoA is the first step of

a process to-establisha JV be­tween the twocompanies.TheproposedJVplansto set

up three MTPA integratedsteelplant at Satarda inMaha­rashtra in two phases, UttamGalvasaid."We have been associated

withPOSCOacrossvariousas­pt!ctsofthe steelbusiriessoverthe years. The signing signalsour intention to further ad-

attack them." he' said. Heetrlplf~sUed'thal..tb.!l.world.had 2 degree ce~IMlimitation, but if the g:m~ .are not reduced by 90 percent globally, the. develop­ing countries woUldsuffer.Further, he stressed that

developing countries. haveattempted to get financialaid from developed COun­tries to make a transitiontowards clean energysources. but the fmancialburden is making the tran­sition difficult.He summed up, "To make

a transition we need strate­gic plans. Although theCentral Government hastaken various measures.but it was not enough. Weneed an authoritative.enti­ty. to take a comprehensiveview. The sooner Indiamakes the change. the bet-ter." ------=

vance our collaboration withPOSCOto ahigher levelon thevalue chain." Uttam Galva'sAnkitMiglanisaid.This JVwill help us to devel­

op an integrated steel manu­facturing facility in line withthe government's 'Make in In- f

dia'initiative.Miglaniadded.This is POSCO'ssecond at­

tempt to set up a steelplant inIndia. ,

The company has put onhold a $12billionsteel plant inKarnataka after signing amemorandum of understand­ingwiththeKarnatakagovern­ment nearly 10yearsback.TheOdishagovemmenthad '

acquired about 2.700 acres ofland for the first phase of thep~oject in Jagatsinghpur dis­trict, but the administrationhas not beenable to get physi­cal possession of the land sofar. ',DH News Service

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After a decad~:IiliiJi:;pffiyp~Ojectgets '~een light IK.S, Sudhl .';,rti~Cit.".".:.'.p~.m..tti.'.c.'iI.·.: '.' ;:~.".'.". litigations, tpus delaying its which nIitigation methodsK~CHI: The 163.MWAthirap- ;.... .: '. , " ·;c c. '. Implementation,pilly hydroelectric project, ,~ontr?ve~$i~~-and'~'J~ The EAC;which focused on wer~ not available,'The' dam-p,roposedacrosstheChalakudy .'...:t~., .•..'•..!i~.'~:.~...~."..t!.".an....,,',•...·~.'.·ftls'.'.·.. :1 15~once~ raised against the ~ean~e :a~~~b:e~:n:e~f':river, has received the go- ·e~eij.taJjgrlJlip:sl project, mclud~g the loss of mitigable.ahead from the Expert Ap- ' . ". ',', ", I. forestland and displacement of The committee felt thatpraisal Committee (EAr) for tribes, felt.that there were no there was not enough data andRiverValleyand Hydroelectric recipefor ecologicaldisaster, tribal families in the submer- reasonto goagainstthe recom- 'Projects, Though the Western Ghats gence ~ea of the Athirappilly mendations of the EACfor en-Proposedby theKeralaState EcologyExpert Panel rejected, reservoir, vironmental clearance for the

Electricity Board (KSEB\ a lt th High "There are 22 tribal families project, "No fresh issues have') I , e I -.Level Working living' th . . Jdecade ago, the project stirr ed G .in e upstream of the been brought to the attentio nJ , roup suggested that thoe pro- sub hP,oli,ticalcO,ntroversiesand ag- mergence area, T e Minis- ofthe EA.Cor the Miniistrywithject must be revaluated in try h al d 'itations Withvarious environ- f .as rea y stipulated that any co ' , d Th ', terms 0 the generation of en.' no tribespeople are to be dis- nvmcmg ata ' e EAC

mental groups opposing 'it ergy and whether the plant I also concluded that the forestWhile most of the Congress I d f t d p acedwhile implementing the clear,ance issuedbyMinistry ofoa lac or expecte in the pro- pr' t " it idand the CPI (M) leaders were' ak eject, I Sal , Environment and Forest lOSject m es it viableagainst the Th Iin favour of it, Jairam Ramesh loss of local populations of e pane observed that s~bject t? the obtaining requi-the former Environment MI'n~' ther~ was no endemic species site environmental clearancesome species. The proposal spe fi all fister, had termed it as aperfect had also run into a series of CI c y 0 project area, and hence valid from the date

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Preliminary talks have begun with IndiaRussia setting up a new LightWater

• India is in ta.Iks.for a new I.ocation,possibly inAndhra Pradesh, wher~it could build a new nuclear plant

with Russian assistance, RIRlearnedfrom the country's Department ofAtomic Energy;"Discussions betweenDepartment ofAtomic Energy (DAE)and the Government ofAndhraPradesh for location of the secondRussian technology based lightWaterReactor (LWR)Nuclear P.owerplanfareat an advanced stage~"a source in thedepartment said. ,The Indian'government has ap-

parently accorded "in-principle" ap- is really cooperating with Indi.~ii, tfl~.proval for setting up of nucleaq>ower field qf nuclear energy; InTamilNadu,reactors with international technical the first unit of the Kudankuiam NPP,co-operation with the US at Kowada built with Russian assistance, has be-(Srikakulam District) in Andhra gun cOf1}itlercia!operations, while thePradesh. ,,"Atpresent, the pre-project second unit is ready an.d is now in theactivities ~ornPrisingla.nd acquisition, hot running stage and sh()uld beginenvironmental Clearance byMinistry;· functioning soon. . ,'.. . ".of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Construction workon the third .geo-technlcal arid ,other scientific stud- and fo,urth units,of Kudcinkulam,NPPies for regulatory c1eiuanceSare inpro- shoyld start in 2916•Th~sea~e'plan~gress at th~ site," offiCialSsaid.., .to b~ commissioned in the years 202().;Russi~ is the only country today that . 2021. DpriJighis visit to New Delhi on

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•Russia offers to buildover 20 nudear powerunits in India

December n,2014, President VladimirPutin signed a document that outlinesplans for Russia to assist in building atleast 12nuclear power plants (NPP) inIndia. Recently, a newspaper reported, that Russia has proposeda plan toinvolve India in building Russian- .designed nuclear power plants if.'thirdcoul)tries. Acco[ding to the t:lewspaper,the cooperation is to be e~enaedalsoto the area of joint extraction of naturaluranium and the production of noclearfuel and atomic waste elimination;. "Russia has also offered to build over·20 nuclear power units in India, upfrom the 12 offered earlier', it added. .Italso quotes a high-leVelsource, say­ing that Moscow saw it as "long-term;mutually beneficial cooperation" in thenuqear sector.Agovernment source of RIRhas.

confirmed that such negotiations havetaken place, and added thatthis couldlead to "joint construction of power ..stations and o~er aspects of coopera­tion, incl~ding the training,of person-nel in other Asian countries, includingBangladesh, Vietnam, and SriLanka"."This,In particular, is due to logisti.

cal issues. New Delhn~ much closerto these countries than is Moscow.. Moreover, bur.Indian partners aref'eadytotfaiiltheir Asian colleague~"he saicicOOperation in nuclear en~rgy'figured prominently in the talks be­tWeen India's Prime Mirtister NarendraModi and Pre$identPutin'duri~ , .theirsulTlmit m~ngin N~O;elhi in·Dec~.. ·berlasty. e.ar, and the.irtalksi%O.,.. 'the RuSsiandtyofllfa in JUly; . ,.... j

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than fouryears after a quake­sparkedtsunami triggeredmeltdowns at the Fukushimaplant, prompting the shut-

down and setting off a pitchedbattle over the future use ofatomic power, 'The accidentsent radiation over a wide area

Minister for safety"It is important to restart reac­tors one byone fromthe per­spective of energy security, theeconomy and measuresagainst globalwarming,butsafety always comes first,"Economy, Trade and IndustryMinister Yoichi Miyazawatoldreporters.AFP, /,Related reports, ~ 16£_

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1apan ends N-shutdown after 2 yearsTOKYO: Japan on Thesdayended a two-year nuclear shut­down inthe energy-hungrycountry, sparkedbypublicfears following the 2011Fukushima crisis,the worstatomic disaster ina generation,

UtilityKyushuElectric Pow­er turned on a reactor atSendai,about 1,000kilometres(620miles) southwest ofTokyo, at 10:30 am (0130GMl). The 31-year~ld reactor­- operatingunder tougherpost-Fukushima safety rules­was expected to reach full ca­pacityaround }1:00pm, Tues­day,and would start generat-ingpowerbyFriday. .

Commercial operations areto begin early next month, acompany spokesman said.

'The restart comes more

and forced tensof thousandsfrom their homes, many of'whom are likely tonever re­turn. Decommissioning of thecrippled Fukushima reactors isexpected totake decadeswithcompensation expenses - ex­cluding the cost of the site'sclean up - now topping $57 bil­lion.

Reactors at the 5endal Nuclear Power Station In the Kagoshl­rna prefecture of southern Japan onTUesday; P1l

1c;&yeartbnj~ends nuclear. shutdownTokyo, Aug. 11: A powerplant operator in southernJapan restarted a. nuclearreactor Tuesday;the first tobegin operating under new

.',safety requirements follow.ing the Fukushima disas­ter. Kyushu Electric PowerCo said it has restarted theNo 1 reactor at its Sendainuclear plant as planned.The restart marks

Japan's return to nuclearenergy four-and-half-yearsafter the 2011meltdownsatthe Fukushima Dai-ichinuclear power plant innortheastern Japan follow­ing an earthquake andtsunami .The national broadcaster

NHK showedplant workersin the control room as theyturned the reactor back on.Tomomitsu Sakata, aspokesman for KyushuElectric Power. said the

C"reactorwasput backonlinewithout any problems.The Fukushima disaster

displacedmore than 100,000people due to radioactivecontaminationand spurreda national debate over thisresource-scarce country'srelianceonnuclearpowex:Amajorityof Japaneseoppose

the return tonuclear!lnergy;Dozens of protesters,

Including ex-PM NaotoKan, who was in office atthe time of the disaster andhas become an outspokencritic of nuclear power,were gathered outside.theplant as policestoodguard,The Nuclear Regulation

AuthorityaffIrmedthe safe­ty of the Sendaireactor andanother oneat the plant lastSeptember under stricter. safety rules imposed afterthe 2011 accident,the worstsince the 1986Chernobylexplosion.'nle SendaiNo 1reactor is scheduledto startgeneratingpoweronFriday

and reach full capacity nextmonth. The second Sendaireactor is due to restart inOctober. .KoichiMiyazawa, Japan's

industry minister, said thatthe govenimentwould"putsafety first" in resuminguse of nuclear power.All ofJapan's 43 workable reac­tors were idled for the pasttwo years pending safetychecks.To offsetthe short-fall in power, the countryramped up Imports of oiland gas and fIred up morethermal power plants,slowing progress towardreducing its emissions of'greenhouse gases. ~.AP ..

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• AFTER 2011 DISASTERIIilmIillIJapanhas started its firstnuclear reactor against under newsafety rules afterthe 20U Fukush~madisaster.According to theBBC,all nuclear plants inJapanhad shutdown gradually after a series ofmelt­downs at theFukushimaplantsparked by the tsunami and eartlt­quake.Kyushu Electric Power re­started thenumber one reactor atitsSendai plant onTuesdayafterpasslngstringent new safety tests.However, there isstill strong publicunease about ietum to nuclearpower.

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Banking.on pla~mamethod In RussiaNewtechnologywiUremain in high demand inIndia due to its plan to set up 25 nuclear plantsANDREY RETlNGERspeciallyfor RIBR

ussian scientists havebeen '. working for severalyears already

ng to develoP iInew methodforthe processing ofnudear powerplantwaste. Untilnow,the mainmethod fordispOsinglow-levelandintermediate-level radioactivewastewasvitrification ina direct electricheating furnace.T1:IiSmethod isalsobeing used in Indiaat the radiochemi­cal plants inTarapurand Trombay.•Thisnew technologyworks on the

principleof processing liquidwastein a salt concentrate and usingdeepevaporation units capable of attain­ingtemperatures of 1800"C.The hotmolten salt concentrate is then pouredintomellli barrels,which after cooling.turns into a glass-6kemonolith.'Plasma technology allowsconvert­

ing radioactivewaste into glass-likeslag.and in the process, greatlyreduc- .ing itsvolume, and then afterwards,

. this slag iseasilyshipped forverylongand safe·for-humans storage,'explainsAlexanderUVarov, i nudearenergy expert. .Such installations,.hesaid, are rela­

tivelycheap; indudingwhen itcomes'to operating them. while also requiringa minimalpresence of staff inthe mostdangerous sectio;,s;one thousand tonnes of radioactive

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er ... g.isuansfonned• into a .' packed barrel. Insuch a,_ .tl

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sate, the cooled salt concentrate canbe stored forup to 300 years. Duringthis period, the majorityof radioactiveisotopes remain safe,while the barrelsthemselves can beiltored in conven­tional hangars.Theydecided to try out this new

complexat the NovovoronezhNPP,since thiswas one of the first commer­cialnuclearpower plants inthe USSR.Ithas been operating since 1964,andduringthiStime, a great quantity ofwaste has accumulated in the station'sstorage faCIlities.

Slorinl r8d1olldlw wasteDuringits 50years ofexistence, the

nuclearpower Industryhas accumu­lated vast amountsof various types ofradioactivewaste.Some nuclear-power states are try­

ingto send theirwaste to poorer coun­tries,which are indire need offoreigncurrency,Forexample, Europeusuallysends low-levelradioactivewaste into,Africa. •Worldwide,the number of new nu­

dear power plants, research reactors,.endatomic installations ingeneral,keep growingeveryyear,and accord­ingly,the amount of hazardous waste,keeps increasing.lh India, forexamp!e,nooear power plantswillproduce 14.6GWh ofelectricityby 2020, while theauthorities intend to get onequarter ofthe country's electricity from n\lclearpower plants by 2050. .Moreover,Russiamaybe involved

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in buildingup to 25 nudear powerplants in India.Allofthis means thattechnologies for the processingofradioactivewaste and spent fuelwillremain inhighdemand in India in thecomingyears.Some countries, involvedinthe de­

velopment of the nudearpower indus­try, do not recycle itswaste products,choosing to bury them deep under­ground in special containers.'The methods ofwaste incineration

that are availablein the world todayhave almost exhausted their environ­mental and technological usefulness,in addition to beingvery expensive touse. Improvingthe effective utilisationofwaste processing technologies, in-:duding the use of plasma,will remaina priorityfor Russiannuclear scien­tists: says Uvarov.

...... forfuUwAccordingto him,after the success­

fuloperation ofthis complex attheNovovoronezhNPp,Russiacan beginofferingit inthe international market, Inthe future, the Russianstatecorporation Rosatom isplanningtoequip as many nuclear power plantsas possible in Russiawith such plasmainstallations. .Inthe end, thanks to this new tech­

nology,first, the need fortransportingdangerous waste will disappear, andsecond, thousands ofcubicmeters willbe freed up inwarehouses that cur­rentlystore radioactivewaste.At one time, the USEnvironmental

Protection Agencycalledvifrificationthe best technology fortlie manage­mentof ra~i()activewaste. 4.

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