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. …
SMRs are advanced nuclear reactors with power generation capacities ranging from less than 30 MWe to 300+ MWe. The report by NITI Aayog looks at the role of SMRs in the energy transition, the status of technology development, readiness of supply chains, initiatives to harmonise SMR regulation and the international …
According to thIS new publication, about 600 million people and 10 million small businesses in Africa have no reliable source of electricity, and increasingly, connection to a national grid is no guarantee of electricity supply. Blackouts are becoming more frequent, and in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Bank reports that almost …
This joint report by the International Energy Agency and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency is the ninth in a series of studies on electricity generating costs. As countries work towards ensuring an electricity supply that is reliable, affordable and increasingly low carbon, it is crucial that policymakers, modellers and experts …
For the same project, BHEL had earlier secured an order for erection work of Turbine Generator (TG) island State-owned BHEL Sunday said it has secured an order worth Rs 486 crore from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to erect the reactor side equipment in unit 3 and 4 …
Though the ‘highly harmful’ source is regarded as saviour on certain counts, the country has a better option under the seas If it is right that nothing can stop an idea whose time has come, it must be true the other way too — nothing can hold back an idea …
JALANDHAR: Dal Khalsa has strongly opposeed union government's proposal to set up atomic power plants in Punjab and has urged all the political parties of the state including the ruling party to reject this move in one voice. "The proposal to set up a nuclear power plant in a densely-populated …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Plan to Make Use of Nuclear Wastes, 27/06/2019. India has adopted “closed fuel cycle”, where spent nuclear fuel is regarded as a material of resource. Closed fuel cycle aims at reprocessing of spent fuel for recovery of Uranium and Plutonium and recycling them back …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Dispoal of Atomic Wastes, 27/06/2019. The wastes generated in solid, liquid and gaseous forms during the operation of nuclear power stations, including Kudankulam are of low & intermediate radioactivity level, which are managed at the site in dedicated waste management facilities. The wastes are …
North-India’s first Nuclear Power Plant is coming up at a place called Gorakhpur in district Fatehabad of Haryana. The first phase of the project, comprising two units (2 x 700 MW), is expected to be completed in the next few years. Disclosing this in response to a Starred Question in …
Nuclear power and hydropower form the backbone of low-carbon electricity generation. Together, they provide three-quarters of global low-carbon generation. Over the past 50 years, the use of nuclear power has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over 60 gigatonnes – nearly two years’ worth of global energy-related emissions. However, in …
Both BPI France and SFIL are French government-owned financial institutions. Loan is a major component of EDF and NPCIL negotiations. French major EDF, which has got the contract for building reactors for the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, has said India will have to provide a sovereign guarantee to two other …
National Assembly Energy Committee David Gikaria (R) with member Elisha Odhiambo during their meeting with Safari link at Continental House, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo/Standard] Participants at the meeting in Kisumu called to discuss the Energy Bill 2018, which seeks to establish the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, wondered why Kenya wanted to embrace …
ZAMBIA needs an investment of about US$8 billion to produce 1,200 megawatts of power. National Energy Programme Implementation Organisation (NAPIO) national coordinator Reuben Katebe said Government has partnered with a Russian institution, which will finance part of the project. Dr Katebe was speaking on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation http://epaper.daily-mail.co.zm/
China will be able to build six to eight nuclear reactors a year if project approval processes return to normal as expected in the near future, the chairman of the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) told Reuters on Monday. "That should be enough to meet our country's 2030 development …
Eight years after the start of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and two years after the Japanese government lifted evacuation orders in areas of Namie and Iitate, radiation levels remain too high for the safe return of thousands of Japanese citizen evacuees. This report summarizes information from Greenpeace’s latest extensive …
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, …
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” …
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 …
Order of the Madras High Court in the matter of G. Sundarrajan Vs Union of India dated 31/08/2012 regarding the clearance granted by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for 'Initial Fuel Loading' [IFL] and 'First Approach to Criticality' [FAC] of Unit 1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. Madras High Court …
