India’s Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor achieves criticality, marks entry into stage-II nuclear programmeIndia's first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has achieved criticality. This marks a major milestone in the nation's three-stag...
08 Apr, 2026, 01.11 PM IST
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...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
Could We Accidentally Create Dark Matter? The Truth About Fusion FearsFusion ignition achieved at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has sparked unfounded fears of creating exotic particles like dark matte...
27 Feb, 2026, 03.44 PM IST
Startup claims it can make gold from mercury using fusion; science fiction turns realIn a surprising announcement, Marathon Fusion, an innovative startup from Silicon Valley, claims to have achieved the impossible: convertin...
23 Jul, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Iran-Israel conflict: Satellite images suggest US avoided Iran’s nuclear reactorsFollowing US airstrikes on Iran's nuclear program, a recent IAEA report indicates that reactors at the Isfahan research facility were inten...
24 Jun, 2025, 11.45 AM IST
Russia offers India new fuel technology & solutions for atomic reactorsThe presentation covered the key developments which may enhance efficiency of the functioning units of the Kudankulam NPP, powered by VVER-...
22 Nov, 2022, 03.49 PM IST
Kudankulam power plant 3rd unit moves towards operationalisation ahead of PM's Russia tripRosatom State Corporation is main equipment suppliers and technical consultants for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project.
19 Aug, 2019, 02.50 PM IST
Nuke blast may have triggered Chernobyl disaster: StudyThe steam explosion which ruptured the reactor vessel occurred some 2.7 seconds later, said De Geer, lead author of the study published in ...
20 Nov, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
Nuclear reactor at Kalpakkam: World's envy, India's prideThe Department of Atomic Energy is getting ready to commission this ultra-modern indigenously designed and locally mastered fast breeder re...
02 Jul, 2017, 11.14 AM IST
Baroda varsity, BHU get nod for Indo-Russian projectAccording to Singh, he and Prof S Mukherjee of the Baroda varsity along with Ajay Tyagi from BHU will be the coordinators from India.
05 Jul, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
China's low-enriched neutron reactor runs at full capacityThe reactor will be used for testing nuclear instruments, teaching and training purposes, while producing some isotope, the CAEA said, stat...
27 Mar, 2016, 06.49 PM IST
India plans to construct six more fast breeder reactorsBHAVINI, the implementing arm of the Department of Atomic Energy, has plans to construct six new Fast Breeder Reactors over the next 15 yea...
01 Dec, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
Uranium is a cleaner fuel, but not freely tradedNuclear power constitutes nearly half of the electricity generated in Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine.
20 Jul, 2015, 11.41 AM IST
Kudankulam N-plant attains criticalityThe country's first 1,000 MW pressurised water reactor at Kudankulam has attained criticality, setting the stage for power generation befor...
14 Jul, 2013, 12.22 PM IST
- Japan workers at risk of heat bursts
Japan's damaged nuclear plant may be in danger of emitting sudden bursts of heat and radiation, undermining efforts to cool the reactors an...
01 Apr, 2011, 05.13 AM IST
- All you wanted to know about nuke power
The phrase denotes nuclear technology designed to produce unable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions.
08 Sep, 2008, 12.30 AM IST
- All you wanted to know about nuclear power
The special waiver for India by the 45-country Nuclear Suppliers Group means that New Delhi can now access fuel and requisite technology fr...
08 Sep, 2008, 12.00 AM IST