Nuclear Power Plant

The government will have to take a judicious approach in implementing the proposals for achieving 100 GW nuclear power by 2047

How to make the nuclear tilt in the energy mix work?

Budget announcement, foreign collaborations, and NTPC’s plan all indicate India’s conscious push for low-carbon energy

India, Russia discuss building 6 more nuclear power units

The new nuclear power plants will reportedly be built by BHEL and Power Mech.

India to add 18 more N-power reactors with total capacity of 13,800 MWe by 2032: NPCIL

The prime minister said the role of nuclear power in electricity generation is going to increase in the 21st century and it was a matter of pride that India is Atmanirbhar in this advanced technology.

Putin asserts control over Ukraine nuclear plant, Kyiv disagrees

Russia captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in March shortly after invading Ukraine, but Ukrainian staff have continued to operate it.

France to work with India on nuclear power plant project: France's foreign minister

"We have a special partnership between India and France," Catherine Colonna said in New Delhi.

UN chief Antonio Guterres urges Russia, Ukraine to demilitarize nuclear power plant

"As a first step, Russian and Ukrainian forces must commit not to engage in any military activity towards the plant site or from the plant site," Guterres told the U.N. Security Council.

India expresses concern over reports of shelling near Ukraine's nuclear power plant

Speaking at the UN Security Council (UNSC) briefing on Ukraine, Kamboj said India expresses its concern over the reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Fighting around Ukrainian nuclear plant heightens safety fears

The Russian military has been using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as base to assault Nikopol town. The Russians were also accused of setting off explosions at the plant intended to unnerve European allies about nuclear safety and discourage arming Ukraine

Ukrainian nuclear plant workers are reportedly fleeing a brutal Russian hunt for saboteurs

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant — Europe’s largest — lies in southern Ukraine in the city of Enerhodar on the eastern side of the Dnipro River, across from territory still held by Ukrainian forces.

Emergency services able to access Ukrainian nuclear plant after shelling: Officials

"As of 05:20 at the Zaporizhzhia NPP in Energodar, State Emergency Service units went to put out the fire in the training building," the state emergency services wrote on Facebook, noting that 40 people and 10 vehicles were involved in the operation.

Russians begin shelling Europe's largest nuclear power plant

The plant accounts for about one quarter of Ukraine’s power generation.

Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Germany's remaining three nuclear plants Emsland, Isar, and Neckarwestheim will be powered down by the end of 2022.

Elon Musk says nuclear power plants shouldn't be shut down unless...

Elon Musk’s partner, singer Grimes, too had expressed a similar on the shutting down of the California nuclear power plant.

India closer to building world's biggest nuclear plant: EDF

The company said it had filed a binding offer to supply engineering studies and equipment to build six, third-generation EPR reactors in Jaitapur, western India.

Slovenia nuclear plant shut after Croatia earthquake

The earthquake was felt in several neighbouring countries, including Slovenia and as far away as the Austrian capital Vienna.

L&T delivers critical nuclear power plant equipment to global customers during lockdown

The company's heavy Engineering arm delivered these equipment to global clients in Abu Dhabi, France and other places, Larsen & Toubro said in a statement.

Magnitude 4.5 quake hits near Iran nuclear power plant: USGS

The quake, which had a depth of 10 kilometres, struck 17 kilometres south-southeast of Borazjan city at 6:49 am (0319 GMT), the US Geological Survey said on its website.

Jaitapur nuclear project: Land acquisition process completed, says minister

In a written reply to a question by Congress MLC Anant Gadgil in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Thursday, Bawankule added the state government was assisting the Centre to acquire land for the project.

Russia to build two new nuclear power units in China

President Vladimir Putin mentioned that energy is the most important sector of cooperation, in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the previous month.

Quake hits near Iran nuclear power plant

"The earthquake had no effect on the activity of the plant," Mahmoud Jafari, project manager at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear plant, said according to the Telegram news channel of Iran's state television.

Units 5, 6 at Kudankulam Nuclear power plant to cost Rs 50,000 crore

The project will take seven years to start generating electricity, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) Chairman and Managing Director S K Sharma told PTI here.

India and Russia ink key pact for 2 nuclear power units in Kudankulam

The reactors will be built by India's Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Russia's Atomstroyexport company, a subsidiary of Rosatom, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex.

PM Modi holds wide-ranging talks with Shinzo Abe

"Reviewing the strength of a Special Strategic and Global Partnership. PM @narendramodi and PM @AbeShinzo lead delegation level talks," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup tweeted along with a picture of the meeting.

Kudankulam plant I dedicated jointly by PM Modi, Putin, Jaya

Speaking on the occasion through video conferencing from New Delhi, Modi said Kudankulum 1, an Indo-Russian project, was an important addition to the continuing efforts to scale up production of clean energy in India.