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.
KAPS comprises two units of indigenous 220MW (KAPS-1&2) Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR).
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
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
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
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
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
Stockholm, Jun 21: Sweden raised the security alert for the country's nuclear power plants Thursday after explosives were found on a truck at the southwestern atomic power station Ringhals. Police said they were investigating possible
Washington, Jun 13: Westinghouse Electric Co. says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nuclear Power Company of India Ltd. aimed at the future construction of nuclear power plants in western India.The announcement
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
New Delhi, Dec 6: The delay in commissioning of two nuclear power plants at Kudankulam has led to escalation in cost to the tune of Rs 2,653 crore.The approved completion cost of the Kudankulam Nuclear
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
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
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
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
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
Mumbai, Apr 26 : Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray today said that devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is a clear indication of the threats that nuclear power plants bear on
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
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
Osaka, Mar 23: A strong earthquake struck near the troubled nuclear power plant at the centre of Japan's radiation crisis early today, the meteorological agency said.The agency said there was no fear of a tsunami
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