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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

India says nuclear energy should be promoted to meet climate change problem

Nuclear reactors do not produce greenhouse gases like power plants using coal and, therefore, can increase electricity generation without contributing to climate change

Nuclear energy: Govt to push for joint ventures in light water reactor projects

NPCIL to focus on financing Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors that are coming up in the country