Indian Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Putin signed an agreement whereby Russia plans to build a number of new nuclear power plants in India, cooperate in the joint extraction of uranium and in the production of nuclear fuel and waste elimination. Modi said that the two countries had set...
Kudankulam Nuclear Plant to Begin Full Commercial Production in January
Commercial operations of the first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power project situated in the state of Tamil Nadu near the southern tip of India, are now likely to start by January 22, 2015, as an earlier deadline could not be met due to technical problems. Nuclear Power...
India needs to address concerns about nuclear liability
According to the Economic Times, the US-India Business Council (USIBC) has said that India needs to address the concerns of nuclear liability bill if it wants foreign and domestic Indian suppliers to participate fully in the Indian Market. USIBC also said that two companies (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Westinghouse Electric Company)...
India Bihar State vies for Nuclear Reactor Site
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...