Whether the ambitious targets are achievable is a moot question as India's earlier target was 20,000 MW of nuclear power by 2020. IMAGE: A view of India's first indigenously developed 700-megawatt......
'Bharat Small Reactors are essentially similar to the existing 220 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors. The existing regulations are applicable for BSRs.' Kindly note the image has been posted......
The Indian government has come out with a nice name for its tried and tested 220MW pressurised heavy water reactor -- Bharat Small Reactor. With the global nuclear power industry moving......
With this, the unit has exited the construction phase and began the operational phase. IMAGE: The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station. Photograph: Press Information Bureau The first 700 MW Pressurised......
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed roping in the private sector to boost the share of nuclear power in India's energy basket, as it aims to achieve net zero carbon......
India will commission its first 500-Mw fast breeder reactor (FBR) for generating commercial nuclear energy by the end of next year. The reactor, when commissioned, will mark the country's entry......
Nuclear Power Corporation's first indigenous 700 Mega Watt Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Project in Gujarat is expected to be commissioned in 2015. About 70 per cent of......
India's nuclear power programme is unlikely to be affected by the ongoing global slowdown since Nuclear Power Corporation of India -- the sole company authorised to set up nuclear plants in the......
Infrastructure player Punj Llyod and US-based Thorium Power, which signed an MoU last month to form a 50:50 joint venture company for exploring commercial nuclear power opportunities, are targeting......
Thorium Power, a US-based nuclear energy company, has signed an agreement with Punj Lloyd, one of the leading engineering and construction companies in India, to form a joint venture. The JV will......