Centre eyes umbrella law for nuclear energy; Special tribunal for disputesIndia is mulling a major overhaul of its nuclear energy sector, proposing a single umbrella law and opening it to private players in key ar...
29 Sep, 2025, 01.56 AM IST
HDFC Ergo Paws n Claws pet insurance cover: Who can purchase, what is covered, what is not, premium, durationHDFC ERGO's Paws n Claws offers end-to-end pet care, encompassing everything from diagnostics to procedures and medications, guaranteeing t...
08 Apr, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
India, Russia expand cooperation in Kudankulam nuclear power plantAfter welding the finishing weld and carrying out inspections, the Reactor Vessel weighing 320 tons was moved to a gas furnace and six ther...
28 Sep, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
India-Russia civil nuclear co-op gets boost at Kudankulam Nuclear power plantPreliminary, support components and 11,000 heat-exchange coils were completed inside the steam generator, according to an official statemen...
08 Sep, 2022, 09.17 AM IST
11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertainEleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plan...
11 Mar, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
Connecting the dots: Nuclear energy for ‘just transition’ in IndiaCosts and benefits of nuclear power generation are at times assessed without incorporating the social, economic and environmental concerns ...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.43 AM IST
Gas and nuclear are 'green'? Not so fast, say some investors"The main concern is almost one of principle. Once you start to interfere politically in the taxonomy, then actually you open the floodgate...
26 Jan, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
Govt prohibits oxygen supply for industry to meet demand for Covid patients“Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has conveyed that this has already reached about 60% of the total daily Oxygen pro...
19 Apr, 2021, 06.42 AM IST
Waste to Wealth: BARC pioneers new life saving radiation technologyThe global nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has lauded this breakthrough from BARC and promises to popularis...
25 Oct, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
- India generates around 4 tonnes/GW nuclear waste per year: Jitendra Singh
Nuclear waste is generated primarily from two kinds of facilities, such as Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) and Spent Fuel Processing Facilities.
10 Dec, 2014, 06.38 PM IST
Present human face of India's nuclear capabilities, says Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe Prime Minister expressed these views during a visit to DAE in Mumbai where he was briefed by R K Sinha, Secretary, Department of Atomic...
21 Jul, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
New Mexico says 57 nuke containers could be threatLos Alamos National Laboratory packed 57 barrels of nuclear waste with a type of kitty litter believed to have caused a radiation leak at t...
20 May, 2014, 09.55 AM IST
- India, Czech explore financial, tech assistance in rail projects
Czech Republic is exploring the possibility of providing financial and technological assistance to India in the railway corridor projects.
13 Mar, 2013, 07.03 PM IST
Leakage reported in six underground nuclear waste tanks in USThe Governor of Washington State said that there is no immediate or near-term health risk associated with these newly discovered leaks.
23 Feb, 2013, 09.53 PM IST
India rejects reports of radiation leaks at KudankulamIndia today dismissed as "baseless" the reports here about radiation leaks at the yet to be commissioned Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in ...
21 Feb, 2013, 05.20 PM IST
- China tacitly permits resumption of new N plants' construction
The Chinese government has tacitly begun granting permissions for the resumption of construction of several new nuclear power plants that w...
18 Oct, 2012, 06.58 PM IST
- BARC scientists recover uranium, cobalt-60 from N-waste
Use of radiation-resistant micro- organisms have enabled scientists of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to recover heavy metals like ur...
10 Apr, 2011, 02.21 PM IST