Once again a nuclear reactor leak
The leak at Kakrapar has been plugged but it is yet another reminder of the risks nuclear reactors pose. (Editorial)
Kakrapar APS
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India richer by one of the world's largest uranium reserves
Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh could have one of the largest uranium reserves in the world.
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Bhel in talks to source Tech for higher-rating nuclear plants
Cos Include Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric and Siemens State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) is in talks with Areva, Alstom, Toshiba, General Electric and Siemens to source technology for manufacturing higher rating nuclear sets of 1,000 mw and above. Bhel chairman and managing director BP Rao said the move was strategic as the country was heading towards high-capacity nuclear powe
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BHEL consortium wins Rs.1,600 crore contract
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Tuesday said its consortium with Alstom had won a Rs.1,600-crore contract for steam turbine generators for the Kakrapar nuclear power station in Gujarat from Nuclear Power Corporation of India.
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BHEL-led combine bags Rs 1,600 cr N-power order
Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) today said its consortium with Alstom has won an Rs 1,600 crore contract for steam turbine generators for the Kakrapur Nuclear Power Station in Gujarat.
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Tarapur-to-Jaitapur march against n-plant planned
The government
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No-fly zone status for all N-sites?
The ever-increasing security threat to Indian nuclear establishments could lead to almost all of them being declared no-fly zones to avoid the possibility of any plane crashing into them in a repeat of the 9/11 attack. National security adviser M K Narayanan is learnt to have written to the Prime Minister's Office to consider a no-fly zone status for these sensitive establishments, a copy of which was sent to the aviation ministry for technical evaluation recently.
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Atomic spread
Privatisation of the Kaiga atomic plant generates a lot of heat
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Power problems
THE FIRST phase of the 220-mw Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) near Surat went critical in early September, nearly two years behind schedule, but plant authorities already face allegations of not