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US Conducts First Air Transport Of Micro Nuclear Reactor On Cargo Plane
The US Departments of Energy and Defense on Sunday for the first time transported a small nuclear reactor on a cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate the potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use.
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Are Small Modular Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Energy For India?
Unlike traditional nuclear plants that require massive infrastructure and years of construction, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are compact and built in factories.
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"Radioactive Coolant" Leaks From Europe's Largest Nuclear Reactor: Report
About 100 cubic metres of "radioactive coolant" leaked from Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor, the largest in Europe, operator TVO said Monday, adding that the incident posed no safety risk.
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How Safe Are India's Nuclear Reactors? What Global Watchdog Chief Said
India's nuclear reactors are "absolutely safe" as it applies the highest levels of safety standards to its civil nuclear programme, the chief of global nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has told NDTV.
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Chernobyl Workers Held 'Hostage' Amid Fears For Reactor Safety
A hundred technicians are working under armed guard to maintain the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine, held hostage for three weeks by Russian forces who seized the compound in the first hours of the invasion.
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Governments Have Never Spoken Truth About Atomic Equipments: Kamal Haasan
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.
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United Arab Emirates Delays Launch Of First Nuclear Reactor Until 2018
The United Arab Emirates on Friday delayed the start-up of its first nuclear reactor until 2018 for further safety checks because regulators have not yet granted an operating licence.
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Ukraine Moves Giant New Safety Dome Over Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world's largest movable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of Europeans for future generations.
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Gujarat Nuclear Reactor Shut After Leakage. Rest Safe? Top Scientist Explains
Nearly two months after the nuclear reactor at Gujarat's Kakrapar developed a leak in its cooling system and was shut down, nuclear engineers are yet to find how it was caused. And although there was no leakage of radioactivity, the matter has triggered concerns about the safety of the country's 18 other nuclear reactors.
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Japan Court Orders Two Nuclear Reactors To Shut Down Over Safety Fears
A Japanese court today ordered two regional nuclear reactors to shut down over safety concerns, the plant's operator said, just days before the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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US Conducts First Air Transport Of Micro Nuclear Reactor On Cargo Plane
The US Departments of Energy and Defense on Sunday for the first time transported a small nuclear reactor on a cargo plane from California to Utah to demonstrate the potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use.
-
Are Small Modular Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Energy For India?
Unlike traditional nuclear plants that require massive infrastructure and years of construction, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are compact and built in factories.
-
"Radioactive Coolant" Leaks From Europe's Largest Nuclear Reactor: Report
About 100 cubic metres of "radioactive coolant" leaked from Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor, the largest in Europe, operator TVO said Monday, adding that the incident posed no safety risk.
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How Safe Are India's Nuclear Reactors? What Global Watchdog Chief Said
India's nuclear reactors are "absolutely safe" as it applies the highest levels of safety standards to its civil nuclear programme, the chief of global nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has told NDTV.
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Chernobyl Workers Held 'Hostage' Amid Fears For Reactor Safety
A hundred technicians are working under armed guard to maintain the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine, held hostage for three weeks by Russian forces who seized the compound in the first hours of the invasion.
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Governments Have Never Spoken Truth About Atomic Equipments: Kamal Haasan
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.
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United Arab Emirates Delays Launch Of First Nuclear Reactor Until 2018
The United Arab Emirates on Friday delayed the start-up of its first nuclear reactor until 2018 for further safety checks because regulators have not yet granted an operating licence.
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Ukraine Moves Giant New Safety Dome Over Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world's largest movable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of Europeans for future generations.
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Gujarat Nuclear Reactor Shut After Leakage. Rest Safe? Top Scientist Explains
Nearly two months after the nuclear reactor at Gujarat's Kakrapar developed a leak in its cooling system and was shut down, nuclear engineers are yet to find how it was caused. And although there was no leakage of radioactivity, the matter has triggered concerns about the safety of the country's 18 other nuclear reactors.
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Japan Court Orders Two Nuclear Reactors To Shut Down Over Safety Fears
A Japanese court today ordered two regional nuclear reactors to shut down over safety concerns, the plant's operator said, just days before the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
