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
Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out
Delhi Ready To Renegotiate Reactors’ Cost If Moscow Wants New Delhi: India on Monday conveyed to Russia that the third and fourth units of Kudankulam reactors will have to be brought under the purview
Ahead of a bilateral meeting here Monday, Russia said Sunday the cost of the next phase of the Kood-ankulam atomic project will rise if it has to bear extra liabilities in case of a possible nuclear accident. Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, who has come for the Inter-Governmental Commission meeting, told reporters: “If there are several points that require additional assurances, of course it will require additional money to be paid by India.”
Documentary film that shows different facets of the issue A thousand vociferous appeals in Tamil against a nuclear plant merge into Bob Marley’s inspiring call to fight for one’s rights. A little girl arranges electric bulbs to form the words, ‘Say no to nuclear’. Cut to images from a city street filled with high-decibel news channel airwaves, describing the tense situation near the Kudankulam nuclear plant as passersby stop to take a look at the TV screens near a shop window.
Poland will pursue its plan to build the country's first nuclear power station, a government member said on Monday, playing down suggestions from commentators that the 50 billion zlotys ($15.8 billion)
There are lessons to be learnt from Japan, given the dilemma it finds itself in. Should it continue running its 50 nuclear power plants or do away with them within a specific time frame? Opinions, after
Kudankulam plant must be governed by constitutional principles of absolute liability and ‘polluter pays’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition seeking a direction that the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu not commissioned without resolving Russia’s liability in case of a nuclear accident. A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra granted the Centre three weeks to respond to the petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, Common Cause, the former Union Power Secretary E.A.S. Sarma and social activist from Tamil Nadu G. Sundarrajan.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a vital question on the foreign suppliers’ liability in case of an accident in reactors at Kudankualm nuclear power project: whether reactors 2 and 3 were
Two sides also discuss possibility of technological cooperation in gas hydrates that are tough to extract In the second interaction of its kind this year, India has agreed to test-run Japanese projects intended to improve or utilise the country’s basic energy resources such as coal and water. During the India-Japan Energy Dialogue, which took place in Japan on Wednesday, the two sides also discussed the possibility of technological cooperation in the difficult-to-extract gas hydrates, touched on the possibility of developing an almost carbon-free integrated gasification combined cycle project in India and reviewed ongoing renewable energy projects, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia told The Hindu from Tokyo.
Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), which completed initial fuel loading at the Kudankulam plant, would soon seek the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) nod to close the reactor vessel before starting the process for the reactor to attain criticality. Meanwhile, NPC and the Depart-ment of Atomic Energy are preparation its arguments on safety measures at the Kudankulam project for Thursday’s hearing in the Supreme Court. NPC has finished initial fuel loading in phase-I of the project on October 2.
