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 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...
PM Modi at Nuclear Summit: India Will Take Initiative
During the second day of the Washington, DC Nuclear Security Summit, Prime Minister Modi said that India will continue to accord a high national priority to nuclear security through strong institutional framework, an independent regulatory agency, and trained and specialized manpower, reports Economic Times. The plan includes the development and...
India Ratifies Key Nuclear CSC Agreement
The Permanent Representative of India to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rajiva Misra, presented the instrument of ratification on the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (CSC) for Nuclear Damage to Juan Carlos Lentijo, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, in Vienna. The CSC is...
U.S. and India Come to an Understanding on the Nuclear Energy Agreement
In 2006 Washington and India first reached a nuclear energy understanding which was to have allowed New Delhi access to nuclear technology and fuel without giving up its weapons program. Then, in 2008, a 45-state Nuclear Supplies Group approved a policy of nuclear cooperation with India and another nuclear power...
Heavy-Water Nuclear Reactor Exports from India, Chief Asserts
Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, India's topmost atomic energy official, said in Vienna, Austria this week that Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is "ready to offer Indian PHWRs of 220 MWe or 540 MWe for export." Banerjee claims that Indian industry is also "on the way" to becoming a competitive supplier...