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NEW DELHI: The New Year has brought a fresh ray of hope in India's nuclear energy sector, with Westinghouse, the bankrupt energy company being sold to a Canadian investment major, Brookfield Business Partners this week. Westinghouse is supposed to build six of its AP-1000 nuclear reactors in India, a project …
The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNP) was shut down in June 2015 for refuelling for the first time after generating about 6,875 million units of electricity, the government today said. The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNP) was shut down in June 2015 …
The two operating units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant have reached full generating capacity of 2000MW, as both units recorded 1000MW of electricity generation for the first time. Both operating units of the Russian-aided Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) generated electricity to their full capacity of 1,000 MW each …
The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is expected to happen during November second week The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is expected …
NEW DELHI: Technological and financial concerns as well as differences over taking responsibility for the construction of the proposed 10,000-mw nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Maharashtra are weighing down efforts to fast-track the general framework agreement ahead of French president Emmanuel Macron's visit in December. Macron will be in …
This is considered a crucial step The State government is all set to announce the final list of Project Displaced Families (PDFs) of the Kovvada atomic power plant in couple of weeks. The final declaration will have all the details of the properties of the displaced persons. This is being …
Remaining 1,500 acres to be given in three months The State government on Wednesday handed over 473 acres of land to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to facilitate construction of an atomic power plant in Kovvada village of Ranasthalam mandal in the district. The government would hand …
Chennai: Kudankulam nuclear power plant operator NPCIL should not just focus on developing technologies but also should communicate with local communities to spread awareness about nuclear energy, said scientist SK Malhotra, department of atomic energy on Tuesday. "Distributing pamphlets, school bags and pens may help for a short time. But …
EDF proposes to take care of engineering and a large share of procurement and wants the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to take care of construction. A French firm, which is to build six atomic reactors at Jaitapur, has submitted a fresh plan to the NPCIL proposing to share a …
Following the nuclear deal between India and United States during the tenure of previous UPA-II government, the NPCIL had proposed a nuclear power project in Chhaya-Mithivirdi village. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has abandoned its plan to set up a 6000 MW nuclear power plant at Chhaya-Mithivirdi …
In a big boost for the country's clean energy requirements, India and Russia on Thursday signed an agreement for setting up of Units 5 and 6 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin inked five pacts on wide ranging issues like …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Haryana government and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to ensure availability of water for animals near a proposed 2800-megawatt nuclear power plant in the Fatehabad district of the state. The National Green Tribunal today directed the Haryana government and the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhil Bhartiya Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/05/2017 regarding environmental clearance to Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant, Fatehabad, Haryana. Counsel appearing for Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) submits that the Forest …
Approval shows strong belief in the capability of Indian scientists, says Centre The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the proposal to construct 10 indigenous pressurised heavy water nuclear reactors with a total capacity of 7,000 MWe. Briefing the media on the Cabinet decisions, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said each of …
Left parties allege due procedure was not followed; vow to oppose it The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday issued notification for land acquisition for building India’s biggest nuclear power plant at Kovvada in Ranasthalam mandal of Srikakulam district. The outgoing Collector, P. Lakshmi Narasimham, signed on the crucial notification. The …
CHENNAI: Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) on Tuesday said it is confident of maintaining Unit 1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project on its own, after ASE Group of Companies, a subsidiary Russia's ROSATOM, having fulfilled its contractual obligations, relinquished operational responsibility of the plant. The first test for NPCIL …
Proposals for setting up of ten indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors each of 700 MW and two Light Water Reactors each of 1000 MW (Kudankulam Units-5&6) with foreign cooperation have been prepared and finalised. These are presently under consideration of the Government for accord of administrative approval and financial sanction. …
ZiO-Podolsk, the machine engineering arm of Russian nuclear group Rosatom's subsidiary Atomenergomash has started production of equipments for the third and fourth nuclear power units to be set up in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, it was announced on Tuesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Rosatom, Russia's state atomic energy …
National-level organisations, including NAPM, join hands against the project SRIKAKULAM: Several national-level organisations that are opposed to tapping atomic power have joined hands to fight against the establishment of a nuclear power plant in Kovvada village of Ranasthalam mandal in the district. They have decided to involve people of Visakhapatnam …
SRIKAKULAM: Close on the heels of the State government giving the go ahead for the Kovvada nuclear power plant in Srikakulam district, the residents of the village put forth a list of 22 demands at a grama sabha jointly organised by the district administration and Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
