World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant: Here’s all you need to know as Japan plans restart 15 years after FukushimaJapan nuclear plant news: Japan is nearing a restart for its massive Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. This facility, the world's largest, ...
22 Dec, 2025, 12.42 PM IST
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant evacuated after Russia's massive earthquake; Shinkansen bullet train lines not affected by tsunami warningFollowing a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan evacuated the Fukushima Daiichi plant as a precaution, halting ope...
30 Jul, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
A robot's attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan's damaged nuclear reactor is suspendedThe work was stopped when workers noticed that five 1.5-meter (5-foot) pipes used to maneuver the robot were placed in the wrong order and ...
22 Aug, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
Fukushima: Why is Japan releasing water and is it safe?Japan has begun the process of pumping over a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power pla...
24 Aug, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Ambitious but controversial: Japan's new hydrogen projectJapan's new 2050 deadline for carbon neutrality has thrown a spotlight on its efforts to find new, greener fuel options, including an ambit...
02 Nov, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
Thirty one countries including India produce nuclear power, France tops at 73%A comparison with previous years shows that there is a significant decline in the share of nuclear power in Japan and Germany.
13 Apr, 2015, 11.52 AM IST
Japan aims to cut nuclear reliance to 15 per cent by 2030The goal of completely phasing out nuclear power generation is expected to be endorsed at a Cabinet meeting early next week, making it offi...
07 Sep, 2012, 04.14 PM IST
- No re-look in nuclear policy post Fukushima disaster last year: India
India is not re-looking into the policy related to nuclear power after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan in March last year
09 Aug, 2012, 06.30 PM IST
- Government to tighten laws for nuclear plant operations
Govt is set to tighten laws and regulations related to nuclear power plants, obliging operators of existing reactors to comply with the lat...
19 Dec, 2011, 02.26 PM IST
- Safety of power plants, an ongoing process: Govt
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said in the Lok Sabha that while 90 per cent of the safety procedures have ...
14 Dec, 2011, 03.03 PM IST
- India, China to see growth in nuke energy sector: IAEA
IAEA feels that the "continuous and significant growth" in the global atomic sector would largely be driven by countries like India and Chi...
20 Sep, 2011, 04.23 PM IST
- Jaitapur N-project will be implemented: Jairam Ramesh
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra would be implemented but maintained t...
06 Jun, 2011, 08.05 AM IST
- Jaitapur nuclear power project will be implemented: Jairam Ramesh
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra would be implemented but maintained that issues o...
04 Jun, 2011, 03.51 PM IST
- US asks its citizens to defer any travel to Japan
"The State Department strongly urges US citizens to defer travel to Japan at this time and those in Japan should consider departing," State...
19 Mar, 2011, 11.04 AM IST
- Indian N-plants have safer design: NSA
AEC and AERB chiefs briefed the PM about the technical safety systems in place in existing power plants in India.
17 Mar, 2011, 04.27 AM IST
- Equipment suppliers GE, L&T remain optimistic
May become difficult to find suitable location in India for setting up nuclear plants; Activists raising concerns over safety.
15 Mar, 2011, 06.47 AM IST
- 180K flee as Japan's nuke-plant crisis intensifies
Operators have been dumping seawater into units 1 and 3 in a last-ditch measure to cool the reactors.
14 Mar, 2011, 07.27 AM IST