India's nuclear plants generated 56,681 MU of power in 2024-25: Jitendra SinghIn the fiscal year 2023-24, India's nuclear energy sector witnessed a remarkable uptick, marking a new era of growth. The country currently...
19 Mar, 2026, 10.54 PM IST
Rolls-Royce wins $11 billion UK nuclear submarine contractBritain has awarded Rolls-Royce an $11 billion contract for nuclear reactor design and support for its submarine fleet. The eight-year deal...
24 Jan, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
Small nuclear reactors emerge in EU as energy option, but risks loomFrance already relies on nuclear power for a majority of its electricity, and Germany kept the option of reactivating two nuclear plants it...
10 Sep, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
Indian companies among 17 entities interested in partnering DAE for radioisotopes reactorThe DAE will be bearing the cost of constructing the reactor upfront and expects the partner to get a high return on capital invested. Prep...
25 May, 2021, 07.15 PM IST
Is global nuclear imbalance the reason why Kim Jong-un has gone rogue?The technology to build nuclear reactors is closely guarded by a voluntary association of 46 countries called the Nuclear Suppliers Group (...
06 Nov, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
Brexit raises risk for 66,000 nuclear industry workers in UKThere are 65,791 people working in the nuclear industry in Britain, according to the U.K. Nuclear Industry Association.
09 Feb, 2017, 03.48 PM IST
India's journey to becoming a nuclear powerIndia never acknowledged that the 1974 tests in Pokhran, Rajasthan, were for a nuclear bomb. It was said that the test was done to check th...
27 Jun, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
China plans big nuclear export push buoyed by the $20 billion dealsIt is time for Chinese equipment makers to explore overseas markets and that demonstrations of this equipment are needed, Premier Li Keqian...
16 Jun, 2015, 08.17 PM IST
1840 MW nuke power generated after Indo-US nuclear dealThe conclusion of international agreements in 2008 has enabled import of fuel for additional nuclear power reactors placed under IAEA agree...
30 Jul, 2014, 05.09 PM IST
- Fast breeder reactors are the least safe
critics and agitators are ignoring the biggest nuclear risk of all: the inherently dangerous nature of fast breeder reactors (FBRs). India'...
27 Mar, 2011, 11.07 AM IST
- Areva, Rolls-Royce unveil nuclear reactor deal
UK's minister for trade and investment, Lord Stephen Green, hailed it as "a great step forward for the civil nuclear industry in the UK".
11 Mar, 2011, 10.42 PM IST
- India an attractive partner for UK nuclear business community
The UK nuclear business community is very optimistic about nuclear commerce with India in the form of joint ventures.
22 Feb, 2011, 08.20 PM IST
- NPCIL to take debt route to raise Rs 40k cr
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) plans to raise Rs 35,000-40,000 crore by debt over the next five years.
22 Jan, 2009, 12.29 AM IST
- Canada, UK eye nuclear power deal with India
After the US, it is the Canadians and British who are eyeing nuclear power deals in India. Officials from the nuclear power industry of the...
19 Jan, 2009, 03.51 AM IST
- Areva ties up with Rolls-Royce, Balfour Beatty for N-reactors
French nuclear power major Areva has tied up with two leading UK firms, Rolls-Royce and Balfour Beatty, for manufacturing series of new gen...
05 Dec, 2008, 08.26 PM IST
- EDF to buy British Energy for $23 bn
Electricite de France (EDF), the world’s biggest nuclear utility, agreed to buy British Energy Group Plc for a sweetened £12.5 billion ($23...
25 Sep, 2008, 02.28 AM IST
- UK, France discuss nuclear fusion
Top British and French nuclear companies are in advanced talks to build a consortium to construct a new generation of reactors in the UK.
11 Jan, 2008, 11.31 AM IST