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 …
The recently published World Nuclear Performance Report 2017 reveals that more than 9 GW of new nuclear capacity came online in 2016, the largest annual increase for over 25 years; and global nuclear generation rose for the fourth successive year. Nuclear reactors continued to produce high performance levels in 2016, …
Cairo - Russian media say Egypt has finalised a deal to build a nuclear power plant with funding from Moscow after nearly two years of negotiations. The reports Monday came after Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China, where they were attending a summit. The …
India and four other BRICS nations on Monday vowed to abide by the principle of utilising outer space for peaceful purposes and use nuclear power effectively. The Xiamen Declaration, issued at the end of the BRICS Summit's plenary session, said the member countries will also work together to promote the …
Site Director says it has generated 14,148 million units of power The first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), which is now undergoing scheduled second refuelling cycle after generating 14,148 million units of electricity ever since it was connected to the Southern Grid in October 2013, will resume power …
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.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) team has presented a report, which directs Nigeria to establish a nuclear safety legal framework. According to local media the Guardian, the recommendation follows after a 10-day mission to assess the regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety as …
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 …
PATIALA: All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) welcomed UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's order to review of all long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) entered with power generation companies and demanded similar exercise must be done by other states. AIPEF demanded review of all long term PPAs made with private thermal …
Substantial work has been carried out in the areas of research on technologies for utilization of thorium in nuclear fuel cycle, and on the development of an Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), for use of thorium based fuel on a large scale. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), a constituent Unit …
Ghana has again made history by being the first African country to successfully undergo a nuclear research reactor conversion from a Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) sensitive fuel, to a Lower Enriched Uranium (LEU) sensitive one. The conversion, which was done by a joint team of scientists from the United States …
LUSAKA – Overwhelmed by the need to bolster energy in the Southern African and continent’s second leading copper producer, Zambia has inked a deal with Russia to oversee the pilot phase of the construction of a Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology in the country, among other projects. Zambia’s energy …
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 …
‘Relaxation in supply of uranium a good development’ The nod for 10 PHWRs (Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors) of 700 MW each recently by the Government of India will help suppliers like BHEL to set up assembly lines on a large scale, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India R. …
“We are drawing up a new power allotment formula under which maximum power from Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project 3 and 4 units will be for TN,” Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said. A request was made by Tamil Nadu that maximum power should be allotted to the State from …
The decision by the govt. of India in May 2017 to commission ten nuclear reactors of the type PHWR of 700 MW capacity each, and the other proposal to add four more reactors of the type VVER of 1,000 MW capacity each at Kudankulam NPP, has given rise to serious …
Hidden from public, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal at Kalpakkam near Chennai, Indian nuclear scientists are in the final throes of starting a high-tech giant stove more than 15 years in the making. This novel nuclear reactor is a kind of an ‘akshaya patra’, the mythical goblet …
The South African energy minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has declared that government is still committed to rollout the nuclear energy expansion forming part of the country's energy mix. Kubayi noted in a statement that this is to ensure energy security, adding that government is committed to the provision of reliable and …
Despite a relatively robust position in its nuclear business, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom is pushing the envelope by revving up renewable projects in sectors such as wind energy and small hydro. Little less than a decade ago, nuclear shills could get away by scoffing at renewables, given the …
CHENNAI: Anti-nuclear activists are gearing up for yet another legal battle with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granting ‘first pour of concrete’ (FPC) to units three and four in the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP). A writ petition is likely to be filed in the Madras High Court in …
