Nuclear Power

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding poor handling of the fly ash by Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar district, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …

Double burden

Choosing a low-carbon path, as the government seems to be committing itself to at the negotiations, will impose huge costs on India. CLIMATE change negotiations have reached an impasse on two crucial questions. One is how the remaining carbon space will be

Australia may keep its uranium

Yellow Cake From Canada Soon; India To Sign N-Deal With UK Too Nirmala Ganapathy NEW DELHI AFTER signing a landmark nuclear agreement with Russia, India is on its way to signing nuclear deals with Britain and Canada. Sources said negotiations with Britain over a nuclear pact are now complete after …

Uranium exports to India by Australia on cards

Adopting a fresh approach, an international panel expert report has indicated Australia could give India access to its uranium provided "equivalent disciplines" were applied to help meet disarmament obligations. According to latest media reports here today, Australia could drop its ban on selling uranium to India after a report commissioned …

Atoms And Leaks

Mishaps At Indian Nuclear Plants • 2001, Rajasthan: Turbine blade failures, cracks in end-shields, leaks in calandria, leak in many tubes in the moderator heat exchanger. • 1999, Tarapur: Tube failures result in de-rating of the reactor. • 1999, Madras: Four tonnes of heavy water leaks, exposing workers to radioactivity. …

TC MP raises Bengal N-plant issue in House

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on Thursday opposed the government

N-deal signed, Russia commits fuel for plants even if ties break

India and Russia signed key agreements on the civilian use of nuclear power and military and technical cooperation here on Monday, marking a strong consolidation of traditional ties between the two countries. Russia put its weight behind India

GE, Westinghouse detail plans to build N-power plants

In an effort to quell murmurs that progress of nuclear power generation has occurred at a snail

CM wants N-project on fast track

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has urged the Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), Dr SK Jain, to fast track pre-project activities and completing 4x700 MW nuclear power project in a shorter time frame. Hooda made the request when he met senior officers of the …

Nuclear power team arrives today

As a further step towards the setting up of a nuclear power plant in Haryana, a team of officers of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), led by its chairman-cum-managing director SK Jain, will arrive here tomorrow on a two-day visit to initiate pre-project activities. The Union Government …

Job cut out for new AEC chief: Putting nuclear programme on fast track

Srikumar Banerjee, the new chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has taken charge of the country

An economic analysis of the nuclear liability subsidy

Energy markets are undergoing major change. They have to cope with a new economic environment and, at the same time, a new energy context. Indeed, on the one hand, energy markets are undergoing deregulation with the aim of opening them to competition. They are also submitted to priva-tisation policies, which …

Position paper on the power sector in India

India is the fifth largest producer of electricity in the world and according to the Planning Commission, while the State Governments account for 51.5% of the total generation capacity, the central sector and the private sector account for 33.1% and 15.4% of the generation capacity respectively. In line with the …

Nuclear fuel: are we heading for a uranium crunch?

As the world prepares for the largest investment in nuclear power in decades, owners of uranium mines last week raised the prospect of fuel shortages. To make things worse, the reliability of estimates of the amount of uranium that can be economically mined has also been questioned.

IOC signs agreement to set up a nuclear power plant

Indian Oil Corporation has signed an MoU with Nuclear Power Corporation of India for setting up a nuclear power plant of at least 1,000 mw, flagship refiner

India indispensable to future we want to build: Obama

In their first steps towards taking the Indo-US strategic partnership to a new level, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Barack Obama sought to consolidate gains rather than break new ground as they identified five core areas to carry forward what the US President called the

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