India has failed to meet its nuclear power generation targets, and cites the reasons for this as a lack of nuclear fuel available in the country, and delays in constructing and commissioning nuclear power plants, including first-of-a-kind plants and the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. Eight of India's operating nuclear power...
India's Largest Medical Cyclotron Becomes Operational
India's state-owned Department of Atomic Energy announced that Cyclone-30, the country's largest cyclotron in India's eastern city of Kolkata, will produce medical radioisotopes and will also have dedicated beamlines for material science and nuclear physics research. The machine's accelerator's beam has been used to produce fluorine-18 for the preparation of...
India's Plans to Install 21 Nuclear Plants by 2030
Speaking at the 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted by Austria on September 19, the outgoing Atomic Energy Department Secretary Dr. Sekhar Basu recounted India's progress in the nuclear energy sector. Key highlights of Basu's speech: Basu said, "During the last general conference we talked about...
India Appoints New Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
According to an official order issued by the Government of India, renowned scientist Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas has been appointed as the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Vyas, who is currently director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), has been appointed...
2017 Was Good for India's Department of Atomic Energy
The state-owned units of India's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) performed well in 2017: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's 2017 profit of $482 million was its highest ever; Uranium Corporation of India Ltd., achieved its highest ever production; and fuel cycle company Nuclear Fuel Complex achieved 115% of its...
Westinghouse Nuclear Project in India Still Alive
The bankruptcy filing at Westinghouse Nuclear threatened to scuttle the multi-billion-dollar reactor deal made by former U.S. President Barack Obama and India's Prime Minister Modi during the Washington summit last June, , Westinghouse CEO Jose Gutierrez was in India for talks with state-run National Power Corp of India Ltd and...