Nuclear Power

Government Firm Awarded Contract To MP Sex Racket Accused, Says Advocate

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Saturday October 5, 2019

A factory owned by one of the accused in the Madhya Pradesh sex scandal had allegedly received a contract from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2018, an advocate arguing a related court case claimed today.

Russia's World-First Floating Nuclear Plant Arrives In Port

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday September 14, 2019

Russia's world first floating nuclear power station on Saturday completed a 5,000-kilometre (3,100-mile) Arctic transfer to the country's far east, the Rosatom nuclear agency said.

NSG Membership Crucial For Growth Of Nuclear Power: PM Modi To UN Chief

India News | ANI | Monday August 26, 2019

India is moving towards clean energy including investment-intensive nuclear power for which membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is crucial to building investor confidence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit.

Governments Have Never Spoken Truth About Atomic Equipments: Kamal Haasan

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 29, 2019

Makkal Needhi Maiam President Kamal Haasan on Friday voiced concern over the safety of the country's proposed first Away From Reactor (AFR) facility of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), saying never in history have governments spoken the truth about atomic equipment.

US Shared Nuclear Power Info With Saudi After Khashoggi's Murder: Senator

World News | Reuters | Wednesday June 5, 2019

The Trump administration granted two authorisations to U.S. companies to share sensitive nuclear power information with Saudi Arabia shortly after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October, a U.S. senator who saw details of the approvals said on Tuesday.

NPCIL Recruitment 2019: 200 Executive Trainees' Application Through GATE Begins

Jobs | NDTV Education Team | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has announced recruitment process for 200 Executive Trainees. According to the official notification, the recruitment is through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) scores.

Radioactive Contaminants From Fukushima Found At Alaska's Bering Strait

World News | Reuters | Thursday March 28, 2019

Radioactive contamination from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday.

India, US Agree To Build 6 American Nuclear Power Plants In India

India News | Reuters | Thursday March 14, 2019

The United States and India on Wednesday agreed to strengthen security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six U.S. nuclear power plants in India, the two countries said in a joint statement.

"Never Recognised India, Pakistan As Nuclear Countries," Says China

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 1, 2019

China Friday said it has never recognised India and Pakistan as nuclear powers and ruled out extending such a status to North Korea following the unsuccessful second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam.

"India A Reluctant Nuclear Weapon State": Former PM Manmohan Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 25, 2019

Former Prime minister Manmohan Singh said today that India is a "reluctant" nuclear weapon state and that new proliferation risks can lead to "unintended escalations", increasing the likelihood of a nuclear

Karnataka Nuclear Reactor Sets Global Record, "Major Feat," Says PM Modi

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Monday December 10, 2018

In a major accomplishment for India's Department of Atomic Energy, the 220 MW nuclear reactor at Kaiga in Karnataka has completed a continuous run of 941 days to become the world's longest running reactor without a shutdown in this marathon run. The earlier record of 940 days of continuous operation was held by a British reactor called Heysham-2, ...

At UN, India Makes Climate Change Case For Nuclear Power

India News | Reuters | Saturday November 10, 2018

India has declared that nuclear energy is vital for meeting the challenge of climate change and suggested supporting efforts to promote its public acceptance amid growing opposition to nuclear power and plans by some countries to phase out their atomic generation plants.

Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower Calls for Online Regulation

Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 8, 2018

In his address at the Web Summit, Wylie also called on data scientists to be subject to an ethical code just as doctors, nurses and teachers are.

Saudi Crown Prince Launches Kingdom's First Nuclear Plant Project

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 6, 2018

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday laid the foundation stone for the kingdom's first nuclear research reactor, state media said, as the kingdom seeks to diversify its energy mix.

Will "Seriously" Think Returning To Nuclear Policy: North Korea Warns US

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday November 4, 2018

North Korea has warned the United States it will "seriously" consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the impoverished regime.