NFC to ramp up production in Hyderabad
New facility at Kota in Rajasthan to manufacture 500 MT of fuel assemblies Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is embarking on expansion of the production facilities at Hyderabad and also setting up a new production
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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Ahead of KKNP visit, state’s panel meets CM
CHENNAI: The four-member experts committee formed by the Tamil Nadu government held its first meeting on Friday and called on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the Secretariat ahead of their visit to Koodankulam
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Tamil Nadu Koodankulam panel to meet on Friday
The four-member expert committee set up by the Tamil Nadu government to look into the people’s concerns about Koodankulam nuclear power project will meet in the city on Friday. The team is expected to start its work soon and submit its report to the state government. Sources say the team will also visit the Koodankulam site and interact with people and allay their fears.
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India scouting for sites to store nuclear waste
In a first initiative of its kind, India has begun scouting for deep underground sites to store for several decades the nuclear waste generated from its burgeoning atomic power programme. As a first step,
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AEC wants to bury its N-waste underground
In a clear departure from the existing practice of keeping nuclear waste in borosilicate glass containers, the department of atomic energy wants to bury it underground. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee is pushing for setting up an underground laboratory in an existing uranium mine to study the qualities of the subterranean rock below the mine to see if this can be used to store nuclear waste.
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N-energy vital for India's power production
AHMEDABAD: Stressing on production of electricity using nuclear energy in India, member of Atomic Energy Commission M R Srinivasan said here on Monday that it is vital for the country to become the third
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Jaya forms 4-member Koodankulam panel of experts
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday constituted a four-member expert panel to go into safety features of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project and consider the apprehensions of the local
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Former AEC chairman clarifies on Kudankulam plant's safety
Much heat was generated when anti-nuclear protestors raised concerns over the safety of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) at an interactive session on “Safety of Kudankulam Reactors – The Real
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Villagers boo officials at talks on Jaitapur safety
As former Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar shared the dais with its current chairman Srikumar Banerjee for the first time in the locality, protesters jeered officials of the Department of Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Power Corporation and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
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Article does not rule out quake at Jaitapur
No reliable historical seismic record in the region before 1800 A.D. While the government is determined to build a nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district, a new paper in journal Current
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Koodamkulam: Second round of talks ends in stalemate
The second meeting of the experts committees formed by the central and the Tamil Nadu governments to allay fears about the Koodamkulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu ended in a stalemate on