-PTI India's atomic power generation has more than doubled since 2008-09 to 32,000 million units last year after it was permitted into the club of nations allowed to participate in international nuclear commerce. India's nuclear power sector had produced 14,927 million units of electricity in 2008-09, the year when it signed an additional safeguards protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA approval came on August 1, 2008 and the next...
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Kudankulam power output to start by April-end-Sanjay Jog
-The Business Standard Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) has denied allegation by a Sri Lankan interest group that the Kudankulam plant in Tamil Nadu was leaking radiation, and said the phase 1 of the project would be ready soon and power production would start by April-end. The Sri Lankan group, the People's Movement Against Kudankulam nuclear power plant, on Saturday alleged that the plant had been leaking radiation since February...
More »Areva closes in on key agreement for Jaitapur plant -Sandeep Dikshit
-The Hindu Unperturbed by protests against its proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur, Maharashtra, the French civil nuclear energy major Areva is now in the closing stages of striking an “early works agreement” with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. This agreement, which is actually a series of studies to ensure that the reactor is in conformity with local conditions, is likely to take nine months. “Areva’s discussions with NPCIL are on....
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-The Hindu Convinced that the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) installation is safe, the French government recently granted the fusion project the necessary permission to start construction in Cadarache. There are many firsts to the project. Maintaining transparency has been one of ITER’s most significant features and organising an enquiry to give the public an opportunity to formulate its opinion has set a new benchmark for openness. Independent experts assessed the...
More »Kerala to Get 266 MW Power From Kudankulam Plant
-Outlook Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala will be getting 266 MW power from Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu when it is commissioned to its full capacity of 2x1000 MW, according to Kerala Electricity Minister Aryadan Muhammad. This had been made clear to the state by the Central Power Ministry as back as 2007, Muhammad informed the assembly during question hour today. The state would get 133 MW of electricity on completiton of KNPP's...
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