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 …
Poland expects its first nuclear power plant to start operating after 2030 as the country aims to cut its use of coal in producing electricity, Deputy Environment Minister Michal Kurtyka said. The east European country, which hosts global climate talks in December, generates around 80 percent of its electricity from …
GE Power has announced that it has won the contract to deliver the turbine island equipment for El Dabaa nuclear power plant project in Egypt through AAEM, its joint venture with Atomenergomash. The solutions provider will supply the basic design of four conventional islands, supply four nuclear turbine generator sets, …
The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Unit 3 (RAPS-3) has set a new record of continuous 766 days of operations on Wednesday, breaking the earlier record of the RAPS-5 of 765 days of non-stop operations in 2014, an official said here. Another 220-MW nuclear reactor of Nuclear Power Corporation of India …
Nuclear power’s electricity generating capacity risks shrinking in the coming decades as ageing reactors are retired and the industry struggles with reduced competitiveness, according to a new IAEA report. The 38th edition of Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050, provides detailed global trends in …
Power generation hit; plant may be restarted after 72 hours Even as the first reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project has been shut down for third fuel outage, the second reactor of the project, which attained criticality on July 22 after the first annual fuel outage, “was stopped externally” …
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that a private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week ended with an agreement that the two countries’ governments would discuss a nuclear power deal in future. Ramaphosa told Putin that South Africa could not proceed with a nuclear expansion for …
NEW DELHI: Twenty one nuclear reactors with a total installed capacity of 15,700 MW are currently under construction, the government said on Wednesday. However, it ruled out increasing the generation capacity of the existing plants. Currently, there are nine nuclear power reactors at various stages of construction which are expected …
Left outfits to hold meetings to garner local people’s support CPI(M) and CITU leaders on Thursday asked the State government to pass a resolution in the ensuing A.P. Assembly session to oppose the establishment of an atomic power plant in Srikakulam district. CITU State vice-president D.Govinda Rao, other leaders P.Tejeswara …
In 2013, the Supreme Court granted the Nuclear Power Corporation of India five years’ time to build an Away From Reacteor facility to store spent nuclear fuel. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea to shut down the Kudankulam nuclear power plant until an Away From Reactor facility is …
Creating infrastructure will need a whopping USD 4.5 trillion investments over the next decade and the cost of the money will be a challenge, interim finance minister Piyush Goyal said today. The minister, however, said finding the required finance will not be a "deterrence" for the country. "Infrastructure creation requires …
The NPCIL did not properly assess the level of expertise needed for refuelling before shutting down the reactor in 2015, say the government auditor. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) suffered a loss of ₹947.99 crore due to lack of trained manpower that resulted in the delay in …
Russia’s Atomstroyexport awarded the $110-mn deal to JV Infrastructure major, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC), in a joint venture with Bangladesh construction firm MAX Group has been awarded a $110 million (₹737 crore) contract by Russia’s State Nuclear Company, JSC Atomstroyexport, for civil works of turbine island for Unit 1 …
KAMPALA - Uganda has moved steps in developing its use of nuclear by engaging experts from China as nuclear energy can enable rapid industrialisation. Nuclear power plants can produce large quantities of electrical power cheaply. Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on …
The proposed plan by the Federal Government to construct a nuclear power plant by mid 2020 would offer Nigerians a cheaper and stable source of electricity pricing, in the long run, borne out of lower operating costs. This was disclosed by the Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) Vice President …
The India-led global solar-power grouping is struggling to gain legitimacy in the fraught world of energy politics Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Australia's Governor General Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne at the International Solar Alliance Founding Conference in New Delhi in March There is a list of 300-odd projects …
VOLGODONSK: Even as the civil work for the third unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant, in Tirunelveli district on the southern corner of Tamil Nadu, is going on at a brisk pace, its lifeline is getting assembled approximately 5,500 km away in Volgodonsk. A giant 360- tonne steam generator fixed …
Hoping to sign the contracts for Units 5 & 6 for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plants (KNPP) soon, Andrey Nikipelov, CEO, Atomenegromash, the firm associated with State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia -- ROSATOM-- iterated his commitment to complete delivery of equipment for KNPP units 3 & 4 fully and finally …
The demand for electricity is rising in the country with the increase in population. Supplying adequate electricity to the people is a big challenge to the Central and State Governments. Efforts need to be made to identify other sources of energy to meet this demand. This was stated by Sandeep …
India is far ahead in terms of potential nuclear power generation facilities, according to NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat. “Today, nuclear power is about 3 per cent of the overall energy mix. I think we will be close to 5-6 per cent by 2030. India has the largest number of …
Says plant has enough capacity to store it for a few years more The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) plans to hold the spent nuclear fuel from the two units at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) at the site itself till the ‘away from reactor’ (AFR) is ready. …
