Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
India has a flourishing and largely indigenous nuclear power program and expects to have 20,000 MWe nuclear capacity on line by 2020 and 63,000 MWe by 2032. It aims to supply 25% of electricity from nuclear power by 2050. Because India is outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty due to its …
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has sought environmental clearance for 6x1650 MW power generating complex to be implemented in phases at village Madban in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. NPCIL has signed an agreement withe the French company AREVA for establishing this complex which will initially come up with …
NEW DELHI: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) will commission the 220-MW nuclear power plant Kaiga stage 4 project on Saturday. The entire power will be supplied to the Southern Grid. Speaking at the India Energy Forum here, NPCIL Associate Director N. Nagaich said the commissioning of the project …
NEW DELHI: The 10,000 MW nuclear power plant that the NPCIL proposes to set up at Jaitapur, Maharashtra, with reactors from French company Areva, was on the agenda of the Union Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee meeting on Monday. According to some members, the committee plans to recommend a conditional …
State-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has chalked out plans to enter the power business through the special purpose vehicle (SPV) route. The company plans to produce over 2,000 Mw by 2016. Once equity investment in its power business starts, Nalco will hive off the business into an SPV named Nalco …
The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and the Nuclear Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate NPCIL to set up nuclear power projects. The MoU was signed in New Delhi on Thursday by PFC Chairman and Managing Director Satnam Singh and NPCIL Chairman …
Bringing to bear his political weight amid, so far, unsuccessful efforts at the official level to bridge differences on a range of critical issues, US President Barack Obama is learnt to have written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveying America
The Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Austria has been taken on lease by PM Dimensions, a Mumbai-based workforce-development and engineering-services company, for imparting training in nuclear plant operations. The plant, located by the Danube river, has a Light Water Reactor of 723-MW capacity, and is owned by EVN, an Austrian …
Letter to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding Prescribing of TOR of Haryana Atomic Power Project at village Gorakhpur, District Fatehabad, Haryana by M/s Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. dated 13th October, 2010.
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday ruled out private sector participation in the atomic energy sector. Addressing a press conference at Kalpakkam after taking part in the silver jubilee celebrations of the commissioning of the Fast Breeder Test Reactor, Mr. Chavan said the UPA …
Raktima Bose KOLKATA: An agreement on the general characteristics of the two 1,650 MW European Pressurised Reactors (EPRs) to be set up in Maharashtra by a joint venture of French firm Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is expected to be finalised by the end of …
New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd will soon set up a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Alstom Ltd for setting up civil nuclear power plants in the country, Heavy Industries secretary Bhawani Singh Meena said on Thursday. All the three companies will have 33.33% …
For the moment, the government does not want to allow private companies to develop and operate nuclear power plants independently, but it surely wants private players to jump on the bandwagon to gain experience in the sector. Sources say the Centre, having got the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill ratified by …
THE PROPOSED site for the Jaitapur nuclear park is a sight for weary eyes with blankets of lush grass covering the plateau 25 metres above sea level. The N-park will house six reactors, the biggest one having a capacity of 1,650 MW, eclipsing the largest units at Japan
Radiation, cancer, blindness, tardiness, cover-ups.The lessons from the Kalpakkam nuclear facility-------------- In the end, loud voices were all that mattered. After three months of extended discussions, legislators in the Indian Parliament yelled their assent. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 was a legislation. As India charts its journey …
THE Indian Railways has approached Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for setting up 1000 mw of captive nuclear capacity on its behalf. The proposal put forward by the Indian Railways includes setting up two units of 500 mw on railway land. Power generated from the plants will be used …
