Articles tagged with: nuclear power
Indian nuclear plants to bolster safety measures Chennai: India’s atomic energy regulator has decided to renew the operational licence of all the 20 atomic power plants in the country on a short term basis till the ...
The Government on Thursday assured Parliament that nuclear energy is safe and clean and India needs nuclear energy to meet projected power demand of more than 50,000 MW in the next couple of years.
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The delay in commissioning of two nuclear power plants at Kudankulam has led to escalation in cost to the tune of Rs 2,653 crore. The approved completion cost of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power project was Rs ...
A day after Australia’s ruling Labor Party approved uranium sale to India, Pakistan has demanded it be allowed to buy the nuclear raw material if the Gillard administration proceeds with sales of yellowcake to New Delhi.
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People’s perception about nuclear energy should change if India has to meet its future power requirement pegged at 8,00,000 mw by 2032, V Venugopal, president of the Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS), ...
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 ...
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 ...
Energy-hungry India needs power to fuel its growth. Its continued dependence on fossil fuels risks further building up of unhealthy levels of black carbon in the atmosphere, and contributing severely to global warming. So India cannot ...
