Nuclear

For decades climate scientists have warned to limit the human influence on ecosystem and climate that led to global warming and climate change. Now they say we have very little time to act. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), a global institution that studies climate change, has recently released another alarming report that bespeaks the increasing harm we humans are doing to the environment in the form of greenhouse gases emissions. This disrupts the climate more and raises global warming. There should be zero emission of greenhouse gases by 2100, the report suggests, if there has to be no further rise in the temperature. That means, all nations have to phase out the usage of fossil fuel by end of this century. - J Devaprakash

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...

Nuclear batteries have drawn the attention of scientists as early as 1900. Nuclear batteries convert the energy of high energy particles into electrical energy....

According to Westinghouse Government Services, the eVinci microreactor has been proposed for Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB) by the Department of the Air Force...

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and GE Digital introduce Outage Planning and Analytics (OPA), a digital solution to help nuclear power plant operators plan,...

NTPC Ltd., a CPSE under the administrative control of Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI), is planning for 30GW nuclear capacity by 2047...

Solid targets are generally made in the form of rods, spheres, or plates. Spallation is a violent reaction in which the target is bombarded...

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...

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…

After a series of successful and comprehensive tests, including on its twin KLT-40 reactor system, the one of its kind floating nuclear power unit (FPU) ‘Akademik Lomonosov’ is ready for commercial operations in Russia.

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

Nornickel and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Russia) will consider the possibility of setting up low-capacity Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) to supply energy...

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

Nuclear power has an image problem, but the nuclear option looks set for a reboot as interest in this zero-emission energy source is rekindled. While...

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...

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

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

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...

Aecon Kiewit Nuclear Partners, a general partnership between Aecon and Kiewit Nuclear Canada in which Aecon is the lead partner, has been awarded an...

The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has achieved yet another milestone by despatching the third Steam Generator (SG), ahead of schedule,...