While the government is determined to build a nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district, a new paper in journal Current Science has said that the apparent seismic silence of Jaitapur does not mean that ...
Following the Fukushima (Japan) incident the Central Government directed to take up safety reviews of the existing nuclear power plants. Accordingly, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) constituted task forces which reviewed the safety of ...
Ten new nuclear power projects are planned during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) period, the Lok Sabha was informed. However, no new nuclear power projects will be launched in the remaining period of 11th Five ...
The Indian government has formally announced new rules which cap the liability of nuclear equipment suppliers in case of accidents–a move likely to allay the concerns of companies looking to enter the country’s multi-billion-dollar civilian nuclear ...
The average power capacity of India’s nuclear plants has improved to 78% during 2011-12 (April- October) against 71% in 2010-11, largely due to the increased uranium imports, according to the latest data provided by National Power ...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that there were “no irritants” in Indo-US ties as he met US President Barack Obama here and discussed the ways to implement the civil nuclear deal. Singh, who met Obama ...
Nuclear regulators of India and the US undertook a detailed review of safety measures at various atomic power plants in the two countries in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Chairman S ...
With protests bringing work to a standstill, atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd’s hopes of commissioning the first 1,000 Mw unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu by ...
US President Barack Obama today virtually backed Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s plans to sell uranium to India saying it “seemed to be compatible with international law and the NPT”.
“India is a big player and the ...
Russian atomic power plant supplier Atomstroyexport will not be governed by India’s civil nuclear liability law for the two 1000 MW reactors installed at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a senior official of India’s nuclear ...
