Nuclear Power
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North Korea warns it has restarted all nuclear bomb fuel plants
World | Sep 15, 2015, 07:24 PM ISTSeoul, South Korea: A day after threatening long-range rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants so it can produce more — and more sophisticated
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China working on world's largest N-power expansion
World | Jul 25, 2015, 01:39 PM ISTBeijing: China began working on a new atomic power plant, taking the number of its nuclear power units under construction to 26 and making it the largest expansion of nuclear power in the world, state
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CEO of Japan's Toshiba resigns over doctored books
Jul 21, 2015, 09:03 PM ISTTokyo: Toshiba's CEO and eight other executives resigned Tuesday to take responsibility for doctored books that inflated profits at the Japanese technology manufacturer by 152 billion yen ($1.2 billion) over several years.Toshiba Corp. acknowledged a
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US fumes over China's move to test supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle
World | Jun 14, 2015, 08:06 PM ISTBeijing: US has termed as an 'extreme manoeuvre' the China's move to test a supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle.US website the Washington Free Beacon, which first reported about the test, said the new strike vehicle is
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BRICS nations, a global driver for nuclear power industry
World | Jun 02, 2015, 08:21 AM ISTMoscow: The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are major drivers for the global nuclear power industry was the unanimous view of the panelists at the 7th ATOMEXPO 2015 held here on
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N-power generation: PMO sets a target of three-fold increase over 10 years
India | Feb 02, 2015, 08:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: After India and US announced a breakthrough on nuclear liability issue, the PMO has directed nuclear establishment to triple the country's current nuclear power generation capacity over the next 10 years. As per
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India should open up nuclear establishment: Expert
India | Jan 07, 2015, 08:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: India's nuclear establishment needs to open up more to improve India's international acceptability, said a top expert here on Tuesday.Rakesh Sood, former special envoy of the prime minister on disarmament and proliferation, said
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Watch in pics: Major events that changed India
India | Mar 25, 2014, 07:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: With 64 years gone by since India became a republic, the nation has passed through several vicissitudes, successes and mass movements. These events have moulded the face of India for good or bad,
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India, US seal first commercial deal on civil nuclear power
Sep 28, 2013, 11:18 PM ISTWASHINGTON: Five years after India and the US signed a landmark civil nuclear deal, the two countries have clinched the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear power cooperation that was stalled over India's nuclear liability
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Sinha slams Bengal government over nuclear power
India | Sep 01, 2013, 08:35 AM ISTKolkata: Criticising the West Bengal government for opposing the construction of nuclear power plant in the state, eminent physicist Bikash Sinha today said disallowing it was like moving toward “cow-dung economy”.“Disallowing nuclear power was like
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Sad that nuclear power Pakistan has no electricity, says Nawaz Sharif
World | May 28, 2013, 08:57 PM ISTLahore, May 28: Pakistan's Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif today said it was "sad" that a country with nuclear arsenal has been hit with severe power shortage and drew parallel with India which he said had
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Not to jeopardise safety in pursuit of nuclear power: PM Manmohan Singh
National | Jan 16, 2013, 10:07 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 15: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said nuclear power was an essential component of India's energy mix and he will ensure that the safety and livelihoods of people are not jeopardised
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India, US plan to enhance exchanges between law officers of armed forces
India | Jul 12, 2012, 09:07 PM ISTNagpur, Jul 12: India and US are planning to share ideas and enhance exchanges between law officers of their armed forces for which American Army's seniormost legal officer Lt Gen Dana K Chipman is on
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Kudankulam Protesters Call Off 11-Day Fast
India | Sep 21, 2011, 09:33 PM ISTChennai, Sept 21: The 11-day-old fast by locals demanding the scrapping of the Kudankulam nuclear power project was called off on Wednesday after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa agreed for a cabinet resolution to
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Germany Decides To Abandon Nuclear Power By 2022
World | May 30, 2011, 06:02 PM ISTBerlin, May 30: Germany's environment minister says Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to shut down all of the country's nuclear power plants by 2022.Norbert Roettgen also says the seven oldest reactors taken off
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Evacuation Zone At Nuclear Plant Declared Restricted Area
World | Apr 21, 2011, 12:02 PM ISTTokyo, Japan Apr 21: Japan declared a 12-mile (20-kilometre) area evacuated around its radiation-spewing nuclear power plant a no-go zone on Thursday, urging residents to abide by the order for their own safety or possibly
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Jaitapur: Police did Not Spare Even Women, Children
India | Apr 20, 2011, 08:55 AM ISTSakhri Nate (Ratnagiri district), Apr 20: At the entrance to Nate village, on the left is the police station, which was allegedly burnt down by a violent mob protesting the Jaitapur nuclear power plant on
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Partial Meltdown Is Different From Full Meltdown
World | Mar 15, 2011, 02:49 PM ISTNew York, March 15 : The difference between a partial meltdown and a full meltdown at a nuclear plant is enormous, both in the degree of damage and in the potential release of radiation, experts