'Nuclear Has To Get Into Achche Din'

'Chinese are going bang, bang, bang building 30-35 reactors.''We should announce a programme of 50 new reactors and show that we mean business on the ground and not just announcements.' IMAGE:......

'US Can't Take Indians As Guinea Pigs'

'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......

'You cannot play with people's lives'

'They are taking the people of the country for granted.' IMAGE: The Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu. All Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The Nuclear Power Corporation of India......

12 new N-reactors to come up, including in north India: Govt

The nation will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024 and a new nuclear project, the first in northern India, will come up 150 km from Delhi in Gorakhpur of Haryana, the government informed the Rajya......

Creation of insurance pool for N-mishaps, a major breakthrough

Several nuclear power projects held up for the lack of such an insurance pool can now be expected to move forward. Rashme Sehgal reports. In a major breakthrough, the Centre has launched an......

Foreign nuke cos want rule changes

Nuclear companies from the US, Russia and France, as well as Indian power majors, have unanimously appealed to the Government of India (GoI) for various changes in the rules to facilitate foreign......

L&T, GE Hitachi to build nuclear reactors in India

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, one of the largest nuclear power plant vendors in the world,......

India Inc bets big on N-power

Indian companies led by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power (RPower), Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) plan to invest over Rs 100,000 crore in the next five......