Veteran nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu dies of Covid-19

Veteran atomic scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr Sekhar Basu succumbed to Covid-19 early on Thursday at a private hospital in Kolkata, a health department official said.......

With Putin's arrival this week, will Haripur nuclear plant revive?

With the Trinamool government and NGOs stalling the Haripur nuclear plant, will the DAE allot the Russians another site elsewhere in India? Indrani Roy/Rediff.com reports.   Prime Minister......

Maharashtra to go ahead with Jaitapur project

In the wake of Japan's nuclear plants being at risk due to the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country, Maharashtra government on Friday said it would go ahead with the controversial......

Why Fukushima-like crisis will not happen in India

Experts tell the PM that India's nuclear power plants are designed differently from the ones in Japan, so a similar crisis is unlikely to happen here. Also it seems certain that events in Japan......