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 …

Senators Aim To Keep Renewable Power Bill "Clean"

Senators backing a bi-partisan bill that would make big utilities begin embracing renewable electricity believe they can get enough votes to pass it without having to add oil or nuclear incentives to the measure, a Congressional aide said on Friday. Democrat Jeff Bingaman, the chair of the Senate's energy committee, …

NTPC to generate 75 gw by Mar 2017

New Delhi: NTPC is aiming to add capacity at 13% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in order to generate 75,000 mw by March 2017 and reduce its carbon footprint by increasing the share of renewable and nuclear power in its energy mix and improving energy efficiency of coal-fired plants. The …

Activists protest against Prithviraj Chavan's Jaitapur comments

Even before the intra-ministry spat over the Navi Mumbai airport has settled, the comments made by union ministerof state for science and technology Prithviraj Chavan over the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project, which is yet to gain environment clearance, have invited voices of discontent from activists and experts. At a …

Out in open: China tells IAEA itll sell n-reactors to Pakistan

In what is being seen as a counter to the India-US nuclear deal, China has taken the next significant step on the sale of two nuclear reactors, Chashma 3 & 4, to Pakistan by officially communicating to the IAEA on Tuesday that it intends to go ahead with the deal …

PAEC utilising nuclear technology in fields of agriculture, health and industry

PAEC utilising nuclear technology in fields of agriculture, health and industry ISLAMABAD (September 24 2010): Chairman Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Dr Ansar Parvez had urged IAEA to maintain its principle-based role to assist its member states on equitable and non-discriminatory basis in line with the Agency's Mission Statement, realisation …

NTPC Aims to More Than Double Generating Capacity

NTPC Ltd. said Thursday it aims to more than double its power generating capacity to 75 gigawatts by March 2017, as the state-run company seeks to meet surging demand for electricity in the world's second-fastest-growing major economy. NTPC aims to further increase its installed capacity to 128 GW by 2032, …

Chinese nuclear industry's overseas push

Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: The announcement from China's biggest nuclear power firm that it was in talks to set up a one-gigawatt plant in Pakistan underscores the rising overseas ambitions of China's nuclear power industry, say analysts. Following an unprecedented expansion since 2005, and with more than 28 power reactors slated …

Sri Lanka looks to nuclear power to meet energy demand

Sri Lanka is looking into incorporating nuclear power as an energy source to meet the increasing demand of energy brought up by the accelerated pace of development. Addressing the 54th sessions of the International Atomic Energy Authority in Vienna, the Minister of Power and Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka said the …

China confirms two nuclear reactors for Pakistan

China on Tuesday gave its firmest government confirmation yet of plans to build two new nuclear reactors for Pakistan, but a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said she did not know about talks over a bigger reactor deal. The spokeswoman Jiang Yu said China plans to help Pakistan expand its Chashma nuclear …

Huhne Sees Nuclear, Renewables In UK Energy Mix

Nuclear and renewables both have a part to play in meeting Britain's future energy needs, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said on Tuesday, adding it was not a choice between one or the other. Huhne's statement is in line with Britain's coalition agreement but he made it to delegates at the …

China to build giant N-plant for Pak

1-Gigawatt Atomic Plant Certain To Raise Safety Concerns With New Delhi, Washington Beijing: China

Chinese firm in talks to build nuclear power plant

China's main nuclear energy corporation is in talks to build a 1-gigawatt atomic power plant in Pakistan, an executive said on Monday. China has already helped Pakistan build its main nuclear power facility at Chashma in Punjab, where one reactor is running and another near finished, and it has contracts …

Partners In Power Play

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 nuclear park at Jaitapur will be huge.

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

He made the Budda smile at Pokhran

Sethna helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974 Srinivas Laxman | TNN Mumbai: Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India

Germany delays dumping nuclear power

Paris: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday decided to take on anti-nuclear protesters and the country's opposition parties when she and her Cabinet decided to press ahead with plans to extend the life of Germany's nuclear power plants. Ms. Merkel has consistently argued Germany needs nuclear energy to maintain its …

Railways in talks with NPCIL to set up nuclear power plant

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 …

GE & Westinghouse to build first two N-plants for $10 bn

Huma Siddiqui New Delhi: The first slice of the estimated $200-250 billion business that India can offer to overseas suppliers of nuclear plants and services over the next two decades would go to four firms, including the world

Engineering giants gear to set up nuclear projects

P B Jayakumar / Mumbai August 31, 2010, 2:02 IST With passage of the nuclear liability Bill, the heavy engineering supply chain, led by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Larsen & Toubro (L&T;) and Bharat Forge Ltd (BFL), is gearing to take up the challenge ahead. India plans 25,000 Mw …

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