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......

Kudankulam atomic plant's Unit 5 construction begins

The construction work for units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant commenced on Tuesday with the first concrete pouring into the foundation plate of the reactor building, the Nuclear......

'Old friend is better than 2 new friends': India, Russia sign 16 key pacts in Goa

Big ticket defence deals including purchase of missile systems, frigates and joint production of helicopters were sealed on Saturday. India on Saturday inked three mega defence deals with Russia......

Modi-Putin-Jaya unveil Kudankulam N-plant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday jointly dedicated to the nation the 1,000 MW Nuclear Power Plant-I in......

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......