Plans to develop nuclear power intensify

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), which operates the 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), has assured a group of scientists that all safety measures are in place at the plant. The plant underwent many quality checks whose results ...

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is an Indian nuclear power company. It is a public sector enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). It principally engages in developing nuclear power technology and implementing new ...

Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL) Diwakar Acharya has said that adequate uranium reserves have been proved for India's nuclear power programme and the future belonged to mineralisation of poor grade uranium ore.

, former Chairman of Indias Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, has raised some urgent issues in his article in the New Indian Express that the government must address before commissioning Koodankulam The first of the two 1000 MWe VVER nuclear reactors ...

Expressing discontent over the recent recommendation of a Central committee to grant permission to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to operate a desalination facility at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) under the Coastal ...

Thirty-four years ago, I was just opening my eyes to the world. But they were not open to the energy sector -- much less to what happened at Three Mile Island 34 years ago or that I would one day cover this segment of the American economy. The ...

There are two parts to the Supreme Court's landmark decision on Kudankulam, and each is equally important. Much to the relief of the Centre, which had invested hundreds of crores of rupees there, the Tamil Nadu government which desperately needs ...

ENERGY Minister Dipuo Peters on Tuesday sang the praises of nuclear energy, saying it offered tremendous benefits for South Africa as it would "leapfrog" the country into the knowledge economy and lead to massive industrial development. In her ...

The Supreme Court on Monday gave its green light for the commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu. A Bench comprising justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said KKNPP had been set up as part of India's policy ...