SMRs are advanced nuclear reactors with power generation capacities ranging from less than 30 MWe to 300+ MWe. The report by NITI Aayog looks at the role of SMRs in the energy transition, the status of
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board would issue consent for the operation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) only after the conditions stipulated are complied with. It submitted this in its counter before the Madras High Court on Tuesday to a writ petition by Fisherman Care, praying the court for a direction to the board’s Member-Secretary to personally inspect the KKNPP with experts and issue an order of consent to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC.)
Tokyo: Two seismologists said on Tuesday that Japan is ignoring the safety lessons of last year’s Fukushima crisis and warned against restarting two reactors next month. Japan has approved the restart
The Union government on Thursday furnished copies of agreements between India and the erstwhile USSR, and Russia, relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). On June 18, a Division Bench comprising Justices P.Jyothimani and M.Duraiswamy asked Additional Solicitor-General M.Ravindran to furnish copies of the agreements. The Bench was hearing a batch of writ petitions for and against the nuclear power plant.
On Board PM's Special Aircraft: The new French President Francois Hollande has pledged to continue France's strategic partnership with India with same vigour as his predecessors Jacques Chirac and Nikolas
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) today released funds for distribution of award money among farmers for the land acquired for a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. Deputy Commissioner
India hopes to clinch later this year a deal with France for multiple nuclear energy units at Jaitapur in Maharashtra to produce 9,900 MW of power. "Negotiations are going on and are progressing well. We hope to seal the deal later this year," official sources said referring to the proposed pact involving six nuclear power units of 1,650 MW each. "We have not yet achieved the financial closure for the deal," the sources said. The technology for the power plants is proposed by French energy major Areva which has already entered into pacts with state-run Nuclear
Japan ordered nuclear reactors back online Saturday, defying public sentiment against atomic power following last year's meltdowns at Fukushima sparked by the quake-tsunami, reports said. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, seeking to head off a summer energy crunch, told Kansai Electric Power (KEPCO) to re-fire two idled reactors at its Oi plant serving the industrial heartland of western Japan, the Jiji news agency and the Nikkei online news said.
JAIPUR: The two under-construction power generating units and the proposed Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in Rawatbhata have raked up a major controversy with locals
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the two largest opposition parties reached a final agreement Thursday on a bill to set up new bodies that will be in charge of the nation's nuclear safety administration,
The government on Thursday started a campaign to build support for the scheduled move from incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs to LED bulbs by 2020. The campaign, spearheaded by the Environment
