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Joe Biden launches $6 billion effort to save distressed nuclear plants

Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to save nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power

Ukraine conflict to hit Kudankulam nuclear project schedules: Centre

The construction of upcoming units of the Kudankulam nuclear power project is likely to be delayed due to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict, the government told Rajya Sabha on Thursday. "The components and equipment to be imported from Ukraine and Russia may be delayed due to the logistical and ocean freight problems arising out of the conflict," Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to a question by Rajya Sabha member Abir Ranjan Biswas. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) is being undertaken in cooperation with Russia, which is supplying 1,000 MW VVER type nuclear reactors. Two units of 1,000 MW each are already operational, while units 3&4 and 5&6 are currently under construction. "KKNPP 3&4 and KKNPP 5&6 have achieved an overall physical progress of 58.22 per cent and 8.12 per cent respectively as of February 2022," Singh said. Russian state-owned Rosatom is developing the nuclear power project at Kudankulam. KKNPP-1 ...

Canada advancing small nuclear reactors to reduce greenhouse emissions

According to the Canadian Nuclear Association, about 15 percent of Canada's electricity comes from nuclear power, with 19 reactors mostly in Ontario providing 13.5 GWe of power capacity.

Not just oil and gas: 32 nations rely on Russia for nuclear power

The Biden administration reportedly is considering nuclear sanctions on Russia

New yet weaker Iran nuke deal imminent: Israel PM Naftali Bennett

Referring to the negotiations in Vienna between Iran and world powers, Bennett told his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday that "the talks are advancing quickly... We may see an agreement shortly"

Germany shuts down half of its remaining six nuclear plants

The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the centre-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002

India's nuclear power capacity to be hiked to 22,480 MW by 2031: Govt

Minister of State in the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh said the present installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 6,780 MW

A leap forward for fusion power

Scientists have been trying to tweak these designs since the 1960s to find ways to put less energy into triggering fusion, or to extract more energy

Iran urges IAEA to avoid 'political behaviour' in technical issues

Iranian Foreign Ministry has urged the UN nuclear watchdog to avoid any "political behaviour" with regard to its technical mission.

Bitcoin miners eye N-power as environmental criticism mounts

Firms aim to bring advanced fission to energy-intensive process of minting new coins, diversify energy sources used by miners

Xi, Putin witness launch of biggest China-Russia nuclear energy project

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed the nuclear cooperation between the two neighbours

India, US extend MoU for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years

India and the United States have extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years.According to a joint statement issued on Tuesday, "Marking the tenth year of cooperation between the United States and India at the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) and the signing of the extension, for an additional ten years, to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of India Concerning Cooperation with the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership, India, signed at New Delhi on November 7, 2010 (the GCNEP MOU)."The joint statement also recognizing India's important commitment in 2010 to establish the GCNEP with a vision to promote safe, secure, and sustainable nuclear energy for the service of mankind through global partnership."India and the US, recognizing and appreciating the strength of the enduring partnership between the two countries on matters of

Out of the nuclear shadow

Book review of Fire and Fury: Transforming India's Strategic Identity

Japan govt sticks to nuclear fuel cycle despite plutonium stockpile

Japan it will pursue its nuclear fuel recycling program that would involve extracting plutonium from spent fuel, despite international concerns about the country's already huge plutonium stockpile

Delhi is key to strengthening nuclear non-proliferation: India at UN

The foreign secretary reiterated that India accords "high priority" to the Conference on Disarmament as the world''s single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum

Whither nuclear energy?

The anti-nuclear lobby, which was so effectively sidelined 10 years ago, may be having the last laugh

This is what happened the morning the first atomic bomb created a new world

The extraordinary story of the Manhattan Project

Germany to become first major economy to phase out coal, nuclear power

Bills approved by both houses of parliament Friday envision shutting down the last coal-fired power plant by 2038

Modi to leave for France on August 22, will discuss counterrorism, defence

From France, the prime minister will proceed for bilateral visits to the UAE and Bahrain, and will return to the French city of Biarritz on August 25 to attend the G7 Summit

5 Russian nuclear agency staff die in explosion at secret military facility

The accident occurred in the far northern Arkhangelsk region during testing of a liquid propellant jet engine