Rumita Patel
Nuclear power plant uses nuclear fission techniques in which atom splits into smaller parts and release the abundant quantity of heat energy. The most commonly used nuclear fuel is Uranium and in some cases Plutonium or Thorium. Uranium is available from the ground in some parts of the world. It is further processed into small…
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Chennai based website TheWeekendLeader.com was featured at .com for its efforts on Positive Journalism about an year back. I was shocked when informed about the 1 Crore legal notice issued to the website by Times Of India’s legal department yesterday. “The M Factor“ written by a contributing author at TheWeekendLeader, published this week has raised the…
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December 8 (): Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao are among the first celebrities to talk about publicly that they have had a baby using IVF surrogacy. The couple have been said to have opted for IVF- surrogacy due to prior medical complications that Kiran had to bear a baby. On December 1, Aamir Khan and…
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Passive core cooling system is the latest buzzword used by the top nuclear companies. This is the newest technique and part of the western nation’s third generation nuclear reactors. The larger VVER-1000 was developed after 1975 and falls under the second generation nuclear reactors. The attached drawing shows the cross-sectional view of the VVER-1000 containment….
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December 2 (): The Union Cabinet passed a bill to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) to 51 per cent in multi-brand retail (like Walmart or Carrefour) and 100 per cent in single brand (like Starbucks or Zara). The government says its big step towards progress and bringing inflation down, opposition says it will ruin poor…
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As a Nuclear Engineer working in the US and having roots from a village that is within 40 miles radius of Koodankulam, I thought it is essential for me to research and write about the facts behind Koodankulam Nuclear Plant. My focus will be the power plant’s geographical location, historical risk factors, impact of a possible tsunami,…
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Recent developments on the Koodankulam Nuclear reactor are getting interesting every day with no clear conflict resolution on the horizon. We know that Electricity shortage and outage is a day to day affair in India. And it will become a much larger issue as Indian consumerism and confidence grows dangerously with little planning for the…
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Fremont, Nov 8 (): Director and Naam Tamilar Leader – Seeman is scheduled to address a meeting via video conference facility on November 12th, 2011. Though Seeman was having ten years multiple entry visas to visit US, he has been denied last week at the port of entry in USA. To circumvent an unwarranted decision…
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New York , Nov 5 ( ): Director and Naam Tamilar Leader – Seeman was scheduled to visit several American cities and proposed to speak various meetings and gatherings. He has planned to visit both East and West coast of US. Elaborate arrangements has been made to conduct meeting in Fremont, California (Bay Area) – head…
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Let’s get to the point; it’s a blog, not a novel you see. I am a software engineer (aka easy target), from Mannargudi (the land of Lord Sri Rajagopalaswamy), a small town in erstwhile Tanjore District, currently Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. When I was 12 years old, my family moved to erstwhile Madras, currently Chennai,…
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