Landmark step, but concerns remain: Experts on Kalpakkam nuclear reactor reaching criticalityIndia's first indigenous prototype fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam has achieved criticality. This marks a major milestone in the nation's...
AERB approves excavation work for units 1, 2 of Mahi Banswara nuclear power projectThe Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has granted approval for excavation activities for Units 1 and 2 of the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan A...
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...
Eye on nuclear energy mission, NPCIL looks to speed up capacity additionNuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is planning to seek approvals for 10 more 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) to...
India's third home-built 700 MWe nuclear reactor achieves criticalityIndia's third home-built 700 MWe nuclear power reactor has achieved criticality and is set to start commercial electricity generation soon....
N-power to play greater role in India's energy mix: AEC chairman Ajit MohantyIndia plans to expand its nuclear power capacity over the next two decades to meet energy security and climate goals. The country is buildi...
Plan to deploy 40-50 small modular nuclear reactors: Tata Consulting Engineers CEO Amit Sharma"We are going to take the old design of the PHWR and then reconfigure and redesign it to be modular, scalable and safety-aligned to post-Fu...
India's largest home-built nuclear plant starts operations at full capacity: PM ModiIndia's first 700 MW nuclear power plant in Gujarat's Kakrapar has begun operating at full capacity, according to Prime Minister Narendra M...
India's first domestically built 700 MW nuclear reactor starts commercial operations in GujaratIndia's first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor has started commercial operations at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project in...
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...
BHEL dispatches nuclear steam generator to NPCIL for Rajasthan projectBHEL has been catering to the nation's nuclear programme since 1976 by way of design, manufacture, testing and supply of critical nuclear c...
Govt gives administrative approval, financial sanction to build 12 nuclear power reactorsOut of these, 10 will be indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) with a capacity of 700 MW each and the remaining two will be L...
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.
Nuclear energy: Government to push for JVs in light water reactor projectsThis will allow the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to focus on financing Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors that are coming up in the cou...
Kudankulam Nuclear plant to begin commercial operation soon: AEC Chairman Ratan Kumar SinhaThe Kudankulam Nuclear power plant is expected to begin commercial operation soon and its second unit is at an advanced stage of commission...
- 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 ...
- Additional safety features for India's nuclear plants: NPCIL
India's nuclear plants may soon get some additional safety features, including more provisions to add water to the reactors to deal with ov...