India’s largest power producer, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), is looking to replace some of its aging coal-fired plants with small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The company has floated a tender seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) from vendors to conduct feasibility studies for deploying SMRs at its existing sites.
The proposed changes could finally deliver on the long-delayed promise of nuclear energy in India. But experts warn that the government’s nuclear timelines are “simply unachievable.” India is still in the early stages of planning and may have underestimated the scale of logistical and technological bottlenecks.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaram announced the setting up of a Nuclear Energy Mission with an outlay of Rs 20,000 for development of small modular reactors.
India plans to raise nuclear power generation capacity by another 20,000 MW over the next decade
Tamil Nadu can expect to draw power from the second unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant in next few months, a top official said
– by Dipanjan Roy Choudhury, Economic Times Ahead of the annual plenary session of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, which is expected to discuss the case of India’s membership to the coveted global body, the country has questioned Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) for rating the security arrangements at its nuclear installations as poor and below mark. […]
Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoichi Miyazawa called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and proposed a new Joint Working Group (JWG) between the two countries on civil nuclear energy cooperation
India and Spain have agreed to advance their bilateral negotiations on cooperation in nuclear energy, with the European nation stating that it would support New Delhi’s early membership of the four multilateral export control regimes
The nuclear agreement between India and Canada marks a a kick start of India’s dream of harnessing nuclear power to meet it energy needs. But along with the euphoria is a realization of challenges ahead.
Saskatchewan province based Cameco Corp expects a windfall in revenue when PM Modi visits Canada on April 14-16
