Nuclear

In the last around two years, Indian power sector has grown at a very fast pace. Some of the plans, although made by the previous government, they could not accelerate their execution process. The present government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal; has been successfully driving the sector towards an all round success. They have for the first time outpaced the growth rate of several areas under this sector…  - P K Chatterjee

The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) has recently awarded a voucher to Curio Solutions to support the development of the company’s new...

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Rooppur NPP) equipped with two VVER-1200 reactors of the total 2400 MW capacity is being constructed under the Russian design...

Concrete works of the turbine hall foundation slab at Unit – 2 of Bangladesh’s maiden Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has been completed on August 6, 2019.

On 2nd of February 2024 India generated about 3% of its electricity from nuclear power as against 80% from coal. In contrast nuclear energy...

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) has recently informed that the Barakah nuclear power plant Unit 1, which is a commercial nuclear...

Lloyd’s Register (LR) is working with Deployable Energy, a Houston, TX based nuclear technology company, to advance the safe use of micro-nuclear reactor technology...

A study conducted at Jadugoda showed that 4.49% of the new born children had congenital deformities and 9.25% of the mothers reported deaths of their children due to congenital deformities... - Anuj Mahajan

NTPC Ltd. Has recently signed a supplementary joint venture agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) in New Delhi for development of...

Terrestrial Energy Inc., a developer of small modular nuclear power plants using its Generation IV Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) technology, and Riot Platforms...

The floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, in Russia’s Far East, where it is being docked to start operations by the end of this year.

Given the present scenario, the recent development represents a major milestone for Deep Isolation for their Energy Entrepreneurs Fund project, part of the Net...

Recently, in a written reply to a question in the Loksabha, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge / IC) Science & Technology; Minister of...

BWX Technologies, Inc. has recently committed to a nuclear steam generator detailed design contract and a Memorandum of Understanding with Rolls-Royce SMR to support...

India needs reliable and high quality power supply at all places for its all round growth. As the major portion of our power comes from thermal power plants, where coal is the mostly used fuel, the union government has already taken steps to ensure a smooth supply of coal to all those plants. The government is also working on expanding our transmission capability and modernising the distribution system… -P K Chatterjee

State-run PSUs Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have entered into an MoU to jointly pursue business...

To ensure the long-term sustainability of nuclear power, optimizing fuel efficiency and developing safer, more robust fuels are key priorities. A new IAEA Coordinated...

The task for scheduled preventative maintenance preparation was set at the first meeting of the Joint Coordination Council held on October 15, 2019.

Under NPCIL-NCC MoU, recently two awareness programmes were conducted at NCC camps in State Forest Training Institute campus, Ranchi and National Institute of Advance...

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) have entered into a teaming agreement to cooperate on engineering and procurement to...