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Industry

Energy-starved Africa looks to India for nuclear reactors

India’s civilian nuke programme catches fancy of African nations amid fall in hydel capacityClimate change has affected Africa’s conventional hydropower generation capacity

2 min read18 Nov 2019
Politics

Energy-starved Africa looks to India for nuclear reactors

climate change has affected Africa’s conventional hydropower generation capacityAs demand load is low, India’s pressurized heavy water reactor of 220MW unit size fits the bill

2 min read18 Nov 2019
Companies

Russia’s Rosatom keen on partnering Indian companies to work on nuclear reactors

Rosatom is present in India through a partnership with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd for the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil NaduThe company is also interested in wind energy and small hydropower projects

2 min read8 Nov 2019
News

City where ‘Chernobyl’ was shot fears real-life disaster

Baltic city of Vilnius is on edge over the imminent opening of a nuclear-power facility just 40km away in BelarusLithuanian govt is buying $1 mn of iodine tablets in the event of a radiation leak

3 min read5 Sep 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Russia’s floating nuclear reactor

Russia, it is suspected, lacks the wherewithal for a nuclear clean-up in case something untoward happens, and it’s not clear if other Arctic region countries would be in any position to help in such an event

1 min read23 Aug 2019
News

'Chernobyl on ice': Russia launches world's first floating nuclear reactor in Arctic

Russia’s floating nuclear power station Akademik Lomonosov expected to change the Arctic, warn environmentalistsThe reactor's trip is expected to last between four and six weeks, depending on the weather conditions and the amount of ice on the way

2 min read23 Aug 2019
Politics

India, France review pact to build nuclear reactors

During talks, the two sides also agreed to launch projects in Africa, particularly in the area of sustainable development in connection with the International Solar Alliance

1 min read15 Dec 2018
Industry

Westinghouse capable of delivering India nuclear reactors: Rick Perry

US energy secretary Rick Perry says Westinghouse is emerging out of bankruptcy and is now capable of delivering the planned six nuclear reactors to India on time

2 min read17 Apr 2018
Industry

India, Russia, Bangladesh sign pact for Rooppur atomic plant

The Rooppur project is the first initiative under an Indo-Russian deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries and it will also be the first time Indian firms will take part in such a project abroad

1 min read1 Mar 2018
Opinion

French Barracuda project’s utility to India

India can look to France for design and technologies to make low-enriched uranium cores for its nuclear submarines

4 min read29 Nov 2017
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