Fuel loading at India's first fast-breeder reactor to begin next week

Having overcome multiple challenges, fuel loading at India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu's Kalpakkam is expected to start next week. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Govt mulls nuclear energy law revamp to allow private sector entry

The government is considering amendments to the laws governing the nuclear power domain, including the sectoral regulator, to allow participation of private sector as India eyes to produce 100 GW......

Rs 200 Billion For Bharat Small Reactors

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......

Kudankulam: Russian Reactor Vessel Arrives

A milestone in Russian-Indian nuclear cooperation with the arrival of a reactor pressure vessel for the Kudankulam atomic power plant. IMAGE: The nuclear plant in Kudankulam. Photograph: Adnan......

Indian Oil, NPCIL plan nuclear power plant

Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest oil firm, will set up a Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) nuclear power plant in association with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd. "We have signed a memorandum......

ONGC to invest in nuclear power plants of NPCIL

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL)."We are in discussions......

IOC, NPCIL plan JV for nuclear power plants

Indian Oil Corp (IOC), nation's largest oil firm, is likely to sign a joint venture agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) this month to foray into nuclear power generation.......

Power: NPCIL hopes to exceed 19 bn units target

State-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited hopes to exceed its production target of 19 billion units during this fiscal as it has started using imported fuel from the France-based company......