GEH, BWXT CANADA INK AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT BWRX-300 DESIGN AND COMMERCIALIZATION
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) have entered into a teaming agreement to cooperate on engineering and procurement to...
Improving Energy Efficiency
Motorized fluid handling machinery such as air compressors and pumps consume nearly 40 to 60% electric power used by the industry. A large number of such systems installed in our process and power plants, either operate under degraded efficiency conditions due to service induced deterioration of the equipment – or operate far from the optimal operating point on the characteristic curve due to over design or mismatch with the demand or process requirements… - Dr G S Grewal, Bhavesh Vasiyani
A Nice Concept to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Brenmiller Energy Ltd. (Brenmiller) a global leader in Thermal Energy Storage (TES), has completed its milestone in the construction of its production facility in...
WHEN SMALL IS BIG
How portable small nuclear reactor can be useful for supplying power to remote places
A Sustainable Energy Source Part 1
At its core, nuclear energy harnesses the immense power locked within atomic nuclei, primarily through the processes of nuclear fission and fusion. Unlike traditional...
Tata Projects secure NPCIL order
Tata Projects has received a prestigious order from Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).
L&T SUPPLIES 700 MWe STEAM GENERATOR TO GHAVP AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), flagged-off the fourth Steam Generator (SG) for NPCIL’s indigenously designed 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water...
Nuclear Power And The Challenge Of Climate Change
The challenge is that we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants – and yet provide affordable power to allow for improved standards of living to the global population... - Shah Nawaz Ahmad
THE ENERGY SOURCE OF TOMORROW – PART 1
For many years, there has been interest in utilising thorium-232 as a nuclear fuel since it is three to five times as abundant in...
India’s first 700 MWe PHW reactor attains criticality
PM, Narendra Modi: “This indigenously designed 700 MWe KAPP-3 reactor is a shining example of Make in India.”
A SUSTAiNABLE ENERGY SOURCE Part 2
Challenges and Concerns
Safety and Security: Uranium mining and enrichment, fuel fabrication, and spent fuel management present inherent safety and security risks, including radiation exposure,...
Energywise – Performance Status All India – Regionwise
Period: Apr-2018 Vis-A-Vis Apr-2017 and Apr-Apr-2018 Vis-A-Vis Apr-Apr-2017.
GLIMPSES OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY
Although for the first time, on last November in COP – 26, the matter of proliferating nuclear energy was tabled, it received good support,...
Nuclear Power Projects: Prospects & Challenges
Despite the strong rationale for reducing GHG emissions, the installation of nuclear power projects is slower than other projects. A closer look. - Ashok Upadhyay
Technical Solutions for 240 mw Steam Turbines
During the period of 2002-2006, Ukrainian Energy Machines (UEM) company (former TURBOATOM) carried out equipment supply on a turnkey basis for 4 power units...
“India will chart its own course of energy transition…”
Recently, in a free-wheeling interaction with Electrical India (EI) team, Dr Vivek Soni, Faculty of Management, PhD & MTech (IIT Delhi), and a Certified Independent Director -MoCA, Govt of India, revealed his observations and expectations from the ongoing developments in the Indian Power Sector. Here is the Part 2 of the interaction; remaining parts will appear in the next issues of EI…
IAEA Sees Operational Safety Commitment at Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has said that the operator of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the Russian...
L&T JV secures order for Nuclear Steam Generator Forgings
It has received an order worth ₹442 Crore from NPCIL to supply forgings for steam generators.
IAEA RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT ON COUNTRY NUCLEAR POWER PROFILES
The IAEA has released the 2022 edition of Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP), marking more than two decades since the launch of the Agency’s...
KUDANKULAM IS SAFEST NUCLEAR PLANT IN THE WORLD
The main feature of the Indian project (Kudankulam) is a unique combination of active and passive safety systems that provide maximum resilience against external and internal impacts, including tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and even an aircraft crash. - Andrey Shevlyakov, CEO, Rosatom South Asia

























