Latest satellite imagery shows that a fourth reactor at Pakistan’s Khushab nuclear facility, which is dedicated to production of plutonium for weapons, is halfway through. A new paper on the status of the facility, which is located 200 km south of Islamabad and is not under IAEA scrutiny, by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) claims the fourth reactor will significantly increase Pakistan’s ability to make plutonium.

British MPs and members of the European Parliament have signed a letter from South Asian anti-nuclear groups to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing "deep concern" over human rights and environmental issues around the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) which they argue "violates" the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s safety guidelines.

London-based groups protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) have pledged to widen their campaign across Europe, as several British MPs voiced their concerns about the plant and the way protestors have been treated, ahead of a protest outside the Indian embassy in London on Friday.

LONDON, 18 MAY: A few British lawmakers have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa protesting against the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu. In the letter, they have demanded halting the construction of the plant claiming that it violated the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Guidelines as “the Koodankulam is in a tsunami and earthquake prone region which has also experienced small volcanic eruptions and is affected by water shortages”. pti

British MPs address letter to Manmohan, Jayalalithaa

Carrying placards that read, “No More Chernobyls! No More Fukushimas!,” activists representing a coalition of anti-nuclear and human rights groups held a protest outside the Indian High Commission here on Friday, demanding a halt to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) and withdrawal of police and court cases against anti-KKNPP protesters.

Express deep concern over human rights and environmental issues around the plant

British MPs and members of the European Parliament have signed a letter from South Asian anti-nuclear groups to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing “deep concern” over human rights and environmental issues around the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) which they argue “violates” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s safety guidelines.

No timeframe or deadline could be set for Australia to start uranium exports to India. But Australia's decision to export to India is firmly in place, despite opposition in some quarters, and both nations are discussing the issue to seal a deal, Australia's Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said on Monday.

“There are some groups, including the Green Party, which are opposed to the sale of uranium to India. The [ruling] Labor Party and the present government have decided to allow uranium exports to India only for peaceful use and generation of clean energy.

Sri Lanka issuing a statement regretted the Indian media reports linking Sri Lanka's concerns of the safety of nuclear power plants in India to India's vote against Sri Lanka for the UN resolution at the Human Rights Council Session in Geneva last month.

The Chairman of Sri Lanka's Atomic Energy Authority Dr. Ranjith Wijewardena has issued a statement in response to a report in the Times of India said Monday that "Sri Lanka has not brought up the issue of the safety of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant against India's voting at the 19th session of the UNHRC."

Days after Sri Lankan Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka said Colombo would oppose the Koodankulam nuclear project, the chief of the island nation’s nuclear body said Monday that they had no such intention. “Sri Lanka has not brought up the issue of the safety of Koodankulam plant against India’s voting at the 19th session of the UNHRC,” Sri Lankan Atomic Energy Authority chairman R L Wijayawardana said in a statement. India, Wijayawardana added, has every right to use nuclear technology to meet its energy requirements.

Colombo Sri Lanka today said it had not objected to the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu and underlined that India has every right to use nuclear technology in meeting the requirements of energy.

‘‘Sri Lanka has not brought up the issue of the safety of Kudankulam power plant against India’s voting at the 19th session of the UNHRC,’’ Lanka’s Atomic Energy Authority said dismissing media reports that Colombo was against the project.