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India plans to set new nuclear regulator amid the entry of private sector

Amendments to the Atomic Energy Act are in progress to enable private sector involvement in nuclear energy sector, with strict oversight on the import, use, and disposal of nuclear fuel

Saudi, America on 'pathway' to civil nuclear agreement: US Energy Secretary

Wright, on his first visit to the kingdom as secretary as part of tour of energy-producing Gulf states, said further details over a memorandum detailing the energy cooperation

India needs 'nuclear energy renaissance', US ready to help: Holtec CEO

India needs a nuclear energy renaissance and the US is interested in helping the country develop a nuclear infrastructure as both nations have a vital shared interest in this area, Holtec CEO Dr Kris Singh has said, voicing optimism that things will move forward under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India and the US have shared strategic interest in clean energy... Nuclear power should be a unifier and India should naturally take the lead there. For that, India needs to have an exportable technology, Singh told PTI in an exclusive interview at the sprawling Krishna P Singh Technology Campus in Camden, New Jersey. Holtec International is a diversified energy technology company recognised as the leading technology innovator in the field of carbon-free power generation, specifically commercial nuclear and solar energy. In September last year, Singh had met PM Modi here during the Prime Minister's visit for the UN General Assembly high-level session and they had discussed Holtec's plan to

Maha, Russian firm sign MoU to build thorium-based small modular reactor

Maharashtra on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Russia's state-owned company ROSATOM for development of a Small Modular Reactor based on thorium fuel. The MoU was signed in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis between Mahagenco and ROSATOM's 'Small Modular Reactor with Thorium Fuel' initiative. The main objective of this MoU is to jointly develop a thorium reactor in Maharashtra, commercialise thorium reactors as per safety standards of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), and establish an assembly line for thorium reactors under the 'Make in Maharashtra' initiative. "CM Devendra Fadnavis presided over the MoU signing between Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd (MAHAGENCO) and Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM for the development of a Small Modular Reactor based on Thorium Fuel," the CMO said in a post on X. The Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA) will provide strategic support for the joint development

CERN's $17 bn Future Circular Collider proposal clears technical hurdles

CERN, in its analysis, has found this next-generation collider to be an essential tool to tackle some of the most perplexing questions about the universe

Plans unveiled for Future Circular Collider to explore mysteries of Physics

Top minds at the world's largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could vastly improve research into the remaining enigmas of physics. The plans for the Future Circular Collider a nearly 91-kilometre loop along the French-Swiss border and below Lake Geneva published late Monday put the finishing details on a project roughly a decade in the making at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. The Future Circular Collider (FCC) would carry out high-precision experiments in the mid-2040s to study known physics in greater detail, then enter a second phase planned for 2070 that would conduct high-energy collisions of protons and heavy ions that would open the door to the unknown, said Giorgio Chiarelli, a research director at Italy's National Institute of Nuclear Physics. History of physics tells that when there is more data, the human ingenuity is able to extract more information than originally expected, Chiarelli, who was not ...

Thawing India's 'nuclear winter': Holtec nod should spur govt to tweak laws

The majority of the 22 operational indigenously built nuclear reactors have a capacity rating of 220 Mw

US approves Holtec to build nuclear reactors in India with Tata, L&T

The DoE approval permits Holtec to share unclassified SMR technology with three Indian entities-Holtec Asia (its regional subsidiary), Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd, and Larsen & Toubro Ltd

Amazon, Google back pledge to triple global nuclear energy by 2050

It has also become a compelling solution for power-guzzling data centers, with Big Tech firms already having signed multiple billion-dollar deals with utilities

NTPC eyes expansion, in talks with foreign firms for nuclear buildout

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is seeking to revive interest in India's nuclear power potential, promising easier regulations for suppliers and more than $2 billion of public resources

Naveen Jindal Group forays into nuclear energy with a new company

"This strategic initiative aligns with the Government of India's Union Budget 2025 announcement, which targets 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047'' the company said

Tata Power wants to build small nuclear reactors as govt opens sector: CEO

Tata Power, which reported its third quarter earnings earlier in the day, posted profit below analysts' estimates as softer demand weighed

Russian attacks near Ukraine's nuke plants raise energy security concerns

Moscow's renewed attacks on Ukraine's electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry's failure to protect the country's most critical energy facilities near nuclear power sites. Despite more than a year of warnings that the sites were vulnerable to potential Russian attacks, the Energy Ministry failed to act swiftly, current and former Ukrainian officials in Kyiv told The Associated Press. Two years of punishing Russian strikes on its power grid have left Ukraine reliant on nuclear power for more than half of its electricity generation. Especially vulnerable are the unprotected nuclear switchyards located outside the perimeters of its three functioning nuclear plants, which are crucial to transmitting power from the reactors to the rest of the country. The switchyards that handle electrical routing from nuclear power plants are a vital component of Ukraine's nuclear energy infrastructure powering homes, schools, hospitals, and oth

Nuclear focus promising but risky; strong regulatory measures key

While accelerating nuclear adoption and private sector involvement, the government must ensure strong regulatory measures to maintain safety

Best of BS Opinion: India's Budget menu: Bold flavours or comfort food?

Our Editorial comment and columnists dissect the Union Budget 2025 to see what makes it tick, and what doesn't

Buget 2025: Govt proposes to open up nuclear sector ahead of PM's US visit

Strict liabilities under India's Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, have hampered implementation of the India-US nuclear deal that envisaged participation of US power plant makers

Budget 2025: Energy stocks rally up to 9% on Nuclear Energy Mission plan

Budget 2025 highlights: Development of at least 100 gigawatt of nuclear energy by 2047 is essential for our energy transition effort, FM Sitharaman said on Saturday during Union Budget 2025 speech

US curbs lift on Indian nuclear entities may boost collab, tech access

The US lifting Cold War-era sanctions on three Indian nuclear entities, including the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), will boost collaboration in the key field and give the country access to new technologies, experts said on Thursday as they welcomed the move. Former DAE (Department of Atomic Energy) secretary Anil Kakodkar, however, observed one should not get too excited with the development as only time will show how the lifting of sanctions will benefit the Indian nuclear energy sector and research. The move will help India in the area of rare earths as it deals with critical elements, maintained the noted nuclear physicist. Kakodkar, who served as BARC director, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and DAE secretary during his decades-long career in the nuclear field, opined that the lifting of restrictions should have happened long time back. The 81-year-old scientist was the AEC chairman and DAE secretary when the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal was signed in ..

US removes long standing restrictions on three Indian nuclear entities

In a significant move, the US on Wednesday removed restrictions on three Indian nuclear entities, over a week after NSA Jake Sullivan announced that Washington was finalising steps to "remove" hurdles for civil nuclear partnership between Indian and American firms. The three entities are Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Centre (IGCAR) and the Indian Rare Earths (IRE), according to the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). In an address at the IIT-Delhi last week, Sullivan said the US will remove regulations that have prevented cooperation between Indian nuclear entities and American companies. The removal of the three key Indian entities is being seen as an attempt by the outgoing Biden administration to facilitate the implementation of the landmark India-US civil nuclear pact that was sealed 16 years back. The move comes five days ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the US. India and the US unveiled an ambitious pla

Vietnam, Russia sign agreement to boost cooperation on nuclear energy

Vietnam and Russia inked Tuesday an agreement to boost cooperation on nuclear energy during Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's two-day visit to Hanoi. The Southeast Asian country has been trying to revive its nuclear energy plans after it shelved building two nuclear power plants in 2016 due to ballooning costs and concerns around safety hoping it will help it become energy-sufficient and reach its goal of curbing additional greenhouse emissions by 2050. The agreement was signed between Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom and Vietnam's state-owned power utility EVN. Mishustin also held bilateral talks with his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh and met Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam and the chairman of Vietnam's National Assembly Tran Thanh Man. Vietnam is an important partner of Russia in Southeast Asia," Mishustin said. Today we plan to discuss with you a comprehensive plan for cooperation between Russia and Vietnam, which runs until 2030. He is set to