According to The Times of India, the Bihar state government has identified a site at Kursela in Katihar district for setting up a nuclear power plant in the state. A fresh proposal has been sent to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). It is part of the state...
India to start construction of a Thorium-powered nuclear energy reactor prior to 2017
Construction of a thorium fired 300-MWe advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR) will start in "12th plan" period according to Mr. S A Bhardwaj, Technical Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, quoted in the Deccan Chronicle yesterday. The first AHWR reactor – with thorium for fuel -- will be...
India may buy overseas Uranium mines and assets
India's Atomic Energy Commission has recommended setting up of a joint venture company between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and the Uranium Corporation of India to explore the possibility of acquiring uranium assets abroad, minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy informed India's upper house of...
France's Alstom wins order to supply turbines and generator to nuclear power plant
Alstom, in consortium with India's BHEL, has secured a contract from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to supply turbine generator package for its Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) units 7 & 8, located at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan. Alstom's share in the total consortium contract is $100 million....
Russia confirms $3.4 billion in credit for next two nuclear energy reactors
India and Russia on Tuesday signed a protocol for Russian funding for units III and IV at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu. Russia will extend export credit amounting to $3.4 billion. Signed by India's Department of Atomic Energy Special Secretary A.P. Joshi and Russian Deputy Finance Minister...
Nuclear Power Corporation of India appoints new permanent CEO
Today, Nuclear scientist and technocrat Kailash Chandra Purohit took over as the new chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) today. The 58-year-old succeeds acting NPCIL CMD S. A. Bharadwaj following the retirement of Dr. S.K. Jain as the CMD last month. An electrical engineer...