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  Russia to build India's largest nuclear power plant as Putin backs full-scale Kudankulam expansion

  India | December 05, 2025 23:50 IST

  Russia has strengthened its nuclear cooperation with India, with President Putin reaffirming support for the Kudankulam plant and ensuring uninterrupted fuel supplies. Rosatom has delivered the first fuel batch for the plant's third reactor, marking a major milestone.

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  India's largest nuclear power plant in Gujarat starts operations at full capacity, says PM Modi

  Gujarat | September 01, 2023 0:02 IST

  Taking to X, formerly Twitter, PM Modi said that India has achieved another milestone. The first largest indigenous 700 MW Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat has started operations at full capacity.

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  South Korea signs $2.25 billion deal with Russian nuclear company

  World | August 25, 2022 17:39 IST

  A senior aide of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said the negotiations were slowed by “unexpected variables,” mainly Russia's war on Ukraine.

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  Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown

  World | June 21, 2021 8:52 IST

  An official from the state electric company Tavanir, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last “for three to four days.”

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  Earthquake measuring 5.1 on Richter Scale hits Iran

  World | December 27, 2019 10:21 IST

  The epicenter of the earthquake was 53 kilometers east of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. 

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  India, US agree to build six nuclear power plants in India

  Business | March 14, 2019 8:11 IST

  India and the US signed a historic agreement to cooperate in civil nuclear energy sector in October 2008. The deal gave a fillip to bilateral ties, which have been on an upswing since.

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  Gujarat: Rehabilitated KAPS-2 nuclear plant attains 'criticality'

  Science | September 17, 2018 15:18 IST

  KAPS comprises two units of indigenous 220MW (KAPS-1&2) Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR).

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  Magnitude-4.1 earthquake strikes near Iran nuclear power plant

  World | April 21, 2015 7:12 IST

  Tehran: Iran's seismological center says a magnitude-4.1 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district some 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a Persian Gulf town that is home to Iran's nuclear power plant.The center's

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  Jaitapur nuclear power plant to be completed at all costs: Fadnavis

  India | April 19, 2015 12:00 IST

  Mumbai: Amidst protests by its ally Shiv Sena against setting up a nuclear power project in Jaitapur, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that the project has now reached a stage from where there

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  Jordan, Russia ink deal on nuclear reactor plant

  World | March 25, 2015 7:05 IST

  Amman: Jordan and Russia signed a deal that is worth 10 billion US dollars to support the implementation of Jordan's first nuclear plant, Xinhua reported citing state-run Petra news agency reported.Khaled Toukan, chairman of the

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  Kudankulam turbine to run with parts from another unit

  India | October 28, 2014 12:45 IST

  Chennai:  Work on restarting the first atomic power unit's turbine at Kudankulam has commenced by using the components taken from the second unit's turbine, said sources. "The first unit's turbine would be restarted by taking out

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  First Japan reactor goes online since nuclear crisis

  World | July 01, 2012 19:16 IST

  Tokyo, Jul 1: Dozens of protesters shouted and danced at the gate of a nuclear power plant as it restarted Sunday, the first to go back online since Japan shut down all of its reactors

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  Report: Radioactive Water Leaks Inside Japan Plant

  World | December 10, 2011 9:49 IST

  Tokyo , Dec 10: A report says radioactive water has leaked inside a nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan but did not escape into the environment.Kyodo News agency said Saturday that 1.8 tons of radioactive

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  Discussion On To Allay Kudankulam Plant Fears: AEC

  India | November 25, 2011 8:58 IST

  Hyderabad, Nov 25: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Srikumar Banerjee on Thursday said a structured discussion is underway to allay the fears over safety and other aspects of the proposed Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP).The

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  Atomic Energy Commission Chief Says, Fears Of N-Plant Accidents Baseless

  India | November 10, 2011 19:04 IST

  Ramgarh (Panchkula), Nov 10: The probability of an accident due to a nuclear plant is one is to infinity and all atomic power plants in the country conform to safety standards, Chairman of Atomic Energy

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  Kalam's 10-Point Action Plan For Kudankulam

  India | November 07, 2011 18:12 IST

  Chennai, Nov 7: A day after giving a thumbs up to the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant, former President A P J Abdul Kalam has suggested to the Centre a 10-point action plan for development of the

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  Protests Rise Over Koodankulam; Scientists' Entry Prevented

  India | October 13, 2011 22:11 IST

  Tirunelveli (TN), Oct 13: Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, agitators today staged a roadblock in front of the plant site, preventing entry of scientists and workers into the complex.The protest

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  Headley Carried Out Surveillance At Indian Nuclear Plant

  World | May 26, 2011 21:40 IST

  Chicago, May 25 : David Coleman Headley, the Mumbai attacks co-accused, visited a nuclear power plant in India at the direction of his handler in Pakistan, Major Iqbal in April 2008, according to unsealed court

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  Will Fukushima Explode Like Chernobyl?

  World | April 12, 2011 17:59 IST

  Tokyo, Apr 12: As Japan raised its assessment of  crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to the worst rating  of 7 on an international scale, putting it  on par with the 1986 Chernobyl explosion, the

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  All 6 Reactors At Fukushima Reconnected To Power Lines

  World | March 23, 2011 10:01 IST

  Tokyo/Fukushima, Mar 22 : Japanese workers struggling to avert a nuclear disaster today succeeded in reconnecting all six reactors to power lines at the quake-hit Fukushima plant, marking a significant progress in the tedious task