Nuclear Research

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

Bang on: success for collider as first atom is smashed

Geneva: Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world

Research reactor at Barc to shut down in Dec 2010

Mumbai: Cirus, the 40 mw research reactor at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc), will be shut down by December 2010 and decommissioned as per the separation plan under the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Established 49 years ago, Cirus was refurbished in 2005 for research work and production of medical …

City scientists ready for Big Bang experiment restart

KOLKATA: Thirteen months after it had been called off following a technical fault, the world's most ambitious scientific experiment is set to resume. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Switzerland, that seeks to simulate the Big Bang, will roll again in November. Around 20 Kolkata scientists from the Saha …

Dont expect India to sign NPT in present form: IAEA chief

India today found an unexpected supporter from Mohammed ElBaradei chief of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its opposition to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). In an interview to a private television channel, he said he did not expect India to sign the NPT but felt the Comprehensive Test Ban …

Renewable Energy Can't Be An Afterthought In The Quest To Meet Climate Goals

A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute noted that in order to meet climate goals, the U.S. power industry must implement a full portfolio of technologies. While we agree that we'll have to pull out all the stops in the race to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we must …

The hybrid returns

Slotting a fusion reactor into the heart of a nuclear fission plant could accelerate the development of waste-free nuclear energy. So why are all the designs still on paper, asks Ed Gerstner.

The Green Revolution(s) (Ed.)

There has been a lot of worthless chatter about what President Barack Obama should say about Iran

'Tech development should be accelerated for thorium-based reactors

Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Our Bureau Gandhinagar, May 28 Stressing on building new capacities for energy independence, the former President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has said India

Iran Test-Fires Missile With 1,200-Mile Range

Iran test-fired a sophisticated missile on Wednesday that was capable of striking Israel and parts of Western Europe, adding to concerns that Iran

Radioecology Centre: Hisar varsity inks pact with BARC

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJU), Hisar, has joined hands with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), for setting up a Centre for Radioecology in the university. Lt Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), Vice Chancellor, …

France agrees to transfer of civilian nuclear technology: Pakistan facing 'energy crisis', says Qureshi

France and Pakistan have agreed to cooperate in the nuclear field, officials said Friday, with Islamabad claiming an important breakthrough in its bid to be seen as a responsible nuclear power. Following talks between France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and counterpart Asif Ali Zardari, the French leader's office said he had …

Paec plans to build more nuclear power plants by 2030: 8,800 megawatts energy envisaged

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (Paec) Chairman Dr Ansar Parvez, has spoken of the plans on the part of the Paec to build many more nuclear power plants, including a few in Karachi, to meet the target of 8,800 MW of electricity from nuclear power as envisaged in the energy security …

Utility Suspends Nuclear Plant Effort

A utility in Missouri said Thursday that it was suspending its efforts to build a new nuclear reactor, making its proposed plant, Callaway 2, the first of the so-called nuclear renaissance reactors to fall by the wayside. The industry has been looking forward to its first construction start in 30 …

North Korea: Russian Pessimistic on Nuclear Talks

On a visit to North Korea, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on Thursday predicted a continued stalemate in international efforts to stop the North from restarting its nuclear weapons program.

Radio ecology centre for Hisar varsity

Chandigarh: A Radio Ecology Centre (REC) is being set up in Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, in collaboration with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The DAE has sanctioned Rs 5.11 crore for the project, out of which Rs 3.41 crore has already been received by the …

As World Growls, China Sends Tigers To North Korea

China will send five tigers as "friendship envoys" to North Korea, a provincial government website said on Thursday, even as reclusive Pyongyang declared it would restart a nuclear plant and expelled UN inspectors. The three Siberian tigers from the northeast city of Dalian and two Bengal tigers from Sichuan in …

Iran Says It Plans New Nuclear Offer

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said Wednesday that he was preparing a new proposal to resolve disputes with the West over Iran

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