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India's Big Step Towards Clean Fuel With Green Hydrogen From Nuclear Reactor
Hydrogen is widely seen as the fuel of the future, especially for sectors that are difficult to decarbonize. By producing hydrogen using nuclear heat, India can create large volumes of clean fuel without emitting carbon dioxide.
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'Safe And Sound': World Nuclear Body Chief On India's Fast Breeder Reactor
In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Pallava Bagla, Rafael M Grossi offered a rare and candid assessment of India's nuclear strategy
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India Achieves Nuclear Criticality, Top Scientist Calls It "Akshay Patra Moment"
The PFBR marks a technological leap from India's first-stage reactors, the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), which form the backbone of the country's nuclear fleet.
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India's Most Advanced Atomic Reactor Reaches Milestone, Attains Criticality
Criticality refers to the point at which a reactor achieves a self-sustaining nuclear fission reaction, where the number of neutrons produced is sufficient to keep the reaction going without external intervention
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India's Most Sophisticated Atomic Reactor Set For Fuel Loading After Long Road Of Repairs
India's atomic energy program is poised to enter a transformative phase as its most advanced and complex nuclear reactor - the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) - nears operational readiness. Located at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu.
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A Rare Inside Look At Earthquake Stress Testing Of Indian Atomic Reactors
When a mega earthquake and a massive tsunami struck Japan in 2011, several nuclear reactors exploded one after the other at Fukushima. In order to see how safe nuclear reactors in India are and whether they are vulnerable to earthquakes, NDTV took a rare inside look at how atomic components are stress tested for earthquakes.
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Inside World's Most Efficient Nuclear Reactor, Soon In India: 10 Facts
Till recently, the nuclear reactor Russia's Zarechny, a town in the Ural mountains, was out of bounds - with a reason. It is the world's only commercially operating Fast Breeder Reactor. NDTV visited the facility for a glimpse of the reactor, which produces many times more energy from the same amount of fuel in comparison with conventional atomic r...
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Cyclone Vardah: Government Taking Precautions For Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant
Government has taken all precautions for the safety of Kalpakkam nuclear power plant as Tamil Nadu faces a severe cyclonic storm Vardah today.
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India's Fast Breeder Reactor Project to Start by September, Says Officials
With authorities working to complete all tests and ensure regulatory compliances, India's first indigenously designed 500-MW fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam would start nuclear power generation by September, nuclear power officials said.
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CISF Soldier Kills Three Colleagues in Shooting Spree Near Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant
A paramilitary officer posted at the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu killed three of his colleagues in a shooting spree on Wednesday morning. He has been arrested.
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Man arrested for taking photos of Kalpakkam reactor in Tamil Nadu
A contract labourer at the Madras Atomic Power station at Kalpakkam in Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu has been arrested after some pen drives and a mobile phone that had over 400 photos of the BHAVINI Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor were seized from him, police said on Thursday.
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Work starts on metallic fuel reactor at Kalpakkam
Initial steps for the construction of another fast-breeder test reactor powered by metallic fuel at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) complex at Kalpakkam has begun, a senior official said on Monday.
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Kalpakkam nuclear reactors not affected by cyclone Thane
It was business as usual at the Kalpakkam atomic power plants, around 80 km from here, even as cyclone Thane lashed the coastal districts affecting normal life on Friday. The two power plants of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located on the Kalpakkam coast were generating power as usual, though necessary precautions against the cyclone have be...
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Tamil Nadu nuclear plant gears up to face cyclone Thane
Cyclone Thane which is due to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning has raised fears about the safety of nuclear plants in the state. Although the Kudankulam nuclear plant is at a safe distance from cyclone landfall, authorities have concerns about the safety of the Kalpakkam nuclear facilities.
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Missing scientific officer traced to, err, prison
A scientific officer who was missing from the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station has been located. Near Chennai. In jail.Thirty-eight-year-old VV Radhakrishnan was last seen at work a week ago on Friday. His wife, who lives in Kerala, registered him as a missing person with the Kalpakkam police which then began searching for the scientific officer.&nbs...
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India's Big Step Towards Clean Fuel With Green Hydrogen From Nuclear Reactor
Hydrogen is widely seen as the fuel of the future, especially for sectors that are difficult to decarbonize. By producing hydrogen using nuclear heat, India can create large volumes of clean fuel without emitting carbon dioxide.
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'Safe And Sound': World Nuclear Body Chief On India's Fast Breeder Reactor
In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Pallava Bagla, Rafael M Grossi offered a rare and candid assessment of India's nuclear strategy
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India Achieves Nuclear Criticality, Top Scientist Calls It "Akshay Patra Moment"
The PFBR marks a technological leap from India's first-stage reactors, the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), which form the backbone of the country's nuclear fleet.
-
India's Most Advanced Atomic Reactor Reaches Milestone, Attains Criticality
Criticality refers to the point at which a reactor achieves a self-sustaining nuclear fission reaction, where the number of neutrons produced is sufficient to keep the reaction going without external intervention
-
India's Most Sophisticated Atomic Reactor Set For Fuel Loading After Long Road Of Repairs
India's atomic energy program is poised to enter a transformative phase as its most advanced and complex nuclear reactor - the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) - nears operational readiness. Located at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu.
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A Rare Inside Look At Earthquake Stress Testing Of Indian Atomic Reactors
When a mega earthquake and a massive tsunami struck Japan in 2011, several nuclear reactors exploded one after the other at Fukushima. In order to see how safe nuclear reactors in India are and whether they are vulnerable to earthquakes, NDTV took a rare inside look at how atomic components are stress tested for earthquakes.
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Inside World's Most Efficient Nuclear Reactor, Soon In India: 10 Facts
Till recently, the nuclear reactor Russia's Zarechny, a town in the Ural mountains, was out of bounds - with a reason. It is the world's only commercially operating Fast Breeder Reactor. NDTV visited the facility for a glimpse of the reactor, which produces many times more energy from the same amount of fuel in comparison with conventional atomic r...
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Cyclone Vardah: Government Taking Precautions For Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant
Government has taken all precautions for the safety of Kalpakkam nuclear power plant as Tamil Nadu faces a severe cyclonic storm Vardah today.
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India's Fast Breeder Reactor Project to Start by September, Says Officials
With authorities working to complete all tests and ensure regulatory compliances, India's first indigenously designed 500-MW fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam would start nuclear power generation by September, nuclear power officials said.
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CISF Soldier Kills Three Colleagues in Shooting Spree Near Kalpakkam Nuclear Plant
A paramilitary officer posted at the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu killed three of his colleagues in a shooting spree on Wednesday morning. He has been arrested.
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Man arrested for taking photos of Kalpakkam reactor in Tamil Nadu
A contract labourer at the Madras Atomic Power station at Kalpakkam in Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu has been arrested after some pen drives and a mobile phone that had over 400 photos of the BHAVINI Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor were seized from him, police said on Thursday.
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Work starts on metallic fuel reactor at Kalpakkam
Initial steps for the construction of another fast-breeder test reactor powered by metallic fuel at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) complex at Kalpakkam has begun, a senior official said on Monday.
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Kalpakkam nuclear reactors not affected by cyclone Thane
It was business as usual at the Kalpakkam atomic power plants, around 80 km from here, even as cyclone Thane lashed the coastal districts affecting normal life on Friday. The two power plants of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located on the Kalpakkam coast were generating power as usual, though necessary precautions against the cyclone have be...
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Tamil Nadu nuclear plant gears up to face cyclone Thane
Cyclone Thane which is due to hit the coast of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning has raised fears about the safety of nuclear plants in the state. Although the Kudankulam nuclear plant is at a safe distance from cyclone landfall, authorities have concerns about the safety of the Kalpakkam nuclear facilities.
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Missing scientific officer traced to, err, prison
A scientific officer who was missing from the Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station has been located. Near Chennai. In jail.Thirty-eight-year-old VV Radhakrishnan was last seen at work a week ago on Friday. His wife, who lives in Kerala, registered him as a missing person with the Kalpakkam police which then began searching for the scientific officer.&nbs...
