Ficci proposes 700MW PHWR tech transfer framework to boost nuclear energy investmentIndian industry is pushing for a clear framework to license and transfer technology for indigenous 700MW PHWR reactors to private players. ...
09 Jun, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor reaches criticality, boosts India’s nuclear programme: Dr SC ChetalA key figure in India’s fast breeder nuclear programme has highlighted the significance of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achiev...
04 May, 2026, 05.50 AM IST
Karnataka: NPCIL begins work on Kaiga units 5 & 6Kaiga units 5 and 6 will be 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs), part of India's standardised fleet mode programme aimed at acc...
02 Mar, 2026, 12.50 AM IST
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor to be operational by end of 2025: GovtIndia's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) is expected to be operational by the end of 2025. With the recent addition of Kakrapar units ...
04 Dec, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
NPCIL to operate small nuclear plants for private playersIn a pioneering move, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will operate 220 MW small nuclear plants funded and located by private...
06 Oct, 2024, 03.48 PM IST
India's second 700 MW nuclear power KAPS-4 plant starts operations at full capacityIndia's Kakrapar Atomic Power Station saw its second home-built 700 MW nuclear reactor begin operating at full capacity. The Nuclear Power ...
21 Aug, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
India's third 700 MW nuclear power reactor completes hot conditioning, says NPCILIndia's third home-built 700 MW nuclear power reactor at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan achieved a significant milestone with the completion of th...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.42 PM IST
No plans to stop use of nuclear power, says Indian governmentThe Indian government plans to continue using nuclear energy instead of shifting to conventional energy sources. It has authorized the cons...
05 Apr, 2023, 07.46 PM IST
AERB nod for excavation for building 700MW nuclear power plants at KaigaThe Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), which is building the two plants, has completed bifurcation fencing separating unit...
21 Apr, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
Beginning 2023, India to start building nuclear power plants in 'fleet mode'With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka's Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion const...
27 Mar, 2022, 10.19 AM IST
Unit 3 of Kakrapar nuclear plant synchronised to gridThe 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) was synchronised with grid at at 11.37 am on Sunday, the official added.
11 Jan, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
KAPP nuclear reactor unit 3 likely to be commissioned by November 2020: GovernmentThe first 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor at Kakrapar, Gujarat, KAPP-3 achieved criticality (controlled self-sustaining nuclear fiss...
17 Sep, 2020, 02.11 PM IST
All future foreign atomic reactors to be 1200 mw aboveThe 1200 MW will be little less than twice the capacity of indigenously developed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) in the country.
12 Feb, 2017, 02.16 PM IST
Four indigenous nuclear reactors will be ready by 2019: GovernmentFour indigenous nuclear power reactors - KAPP 3&4 (2X700 MW) at Kakrapar, Gujarat and RAPP 7&8 (2X700 MW) at Rawatbhata, Rajasthan - are un...
22 Apr, 2015, 09.33 PM IST
Nuclear fuel complex at a cost of Rs 2400 crore to come up in RajasthanIndia is setting up a second nuclear fuel complex to reprocess atomic fuel in view of growing number of atomic reactors in the country.
16 Mar, 2014, 11.59 AM IST
Over 100% hike for DAE plan outlay; to launch 16 new nuclear plantsUnfazed by public protests against Kudankulam plant, govt has more than doubled the expenditure for the Department of Atomic Energy in the ...
15 Sep, 2012, 09.08 PM IST
- Post Fukushima: India begins construction on new N-plant
Moving ahead with its nuclear programme in the backdrop of the Fukushima accident, India today began construction of its 25th atomic power ...
18 Jul, 2011, 12.54 PM IST