Washington: Pakistan is half way through the construction of its fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab, which will give it capability to speed up plutonium manufacturing, latest US satellite imagery has revealed. On completion, the reactor would enable Islamabad to build large number of smaller nuclear warheads, Washington-based eminent think-tank Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said. Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme is considered to be among the fastest growing in...
11:59 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: In the midst of the run-up to the French presidential elections, France has been in dialogue with India to clarify issues relating to the nuclear liability law, and is waiting for New Delhi to establish the legal framework before signing commercial contracts for setting up atomic reactors. Last month, French nuclear experts had come to India and held talks with Indian experts to clarify issues relating to the...
02:58 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Houston: The anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed communities along the northeast coast of Japan and crippled a large nuclear plant has focused nuclear supporters and foes on safety and the future of atomic power. In the United States, regulators on Friday issued the first formal rule changes to make nuclear plants safer based on recommendations from last year's Fukushima industry task force. Since the March 11 disaster,...
08:21 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Tehran: Iran will insert its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran on Wednesday, a top Iranian official said. "Because western countries were unwilling to help us, we began enriching uranium to 20 percent to make nuclear fuel rods," Ali Bagheri, deputy chief of Iran's National Security Council, said in an interview. "These nuclear rods, the first created by Iranian specialists, will be inserted tomorrow into...
07:58 AM, Feb 15, 2012
Chennai: It was business as usual at the Kalpakkam atomic power plants, around 80 km from Chennai, even as cyclone Thane lashed the coastal districts affecting normal life on Friday. The two power plants of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located on the Kalpakkam coast were generating power as usual, though necessary precautions against the cyclone have been taken, said a senior official. "Both the units are generating 150 MW...
05:08 PM, Dec 30, 2011
London: The operator of the world's oldest working civilian nuclear reactor says it will be shut down next year after nearly 45 years of service. Magnox Ltd says that Reactor One at the Oldbury power station in western England will stop generating electricity in February 2012. The station's Reactor Two was shut in June. The plant had earlier been scheduled to shut in 2008, but the company managed to keep...
02:30 AM, Oct 22, 2011
New Delhi: The fast in Koodankulam protesting the building of new nuclear reactors in the area entered its tenth day on Tuesday. The Prime Minister sent an emissary hoping to keep the peace. Whether at Jaitapur in Maharashtra not long ago, or Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu now, public anger against nuclear power plants are getting bigger and louder. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has done an about turn on...
11:04 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Rawatbhata (Rajasthan): As the Nuclear Suppliers Group tries to throw a spanner into India's nuclear plans, the country has begun work on its latest nuclear reactor. While new foreign reactors are welcome, the country has big plans for the cheap and proven nuclear technology it already has. Rawatbhata in Rajasthan is one of India's largest nuclear plants, with six functional reactors. Now they plan to add two new ones, of...
11:17 AM, Jul 22, 2011
Tokyo: Japanese Economics Minister Kaoru Yosano said on Sunday the government may need to spend 10 trillion yen to 15 trillion yen ($184 billion) for reconstruction from the devastating earthquake that hit the country's northeast in March. The government may need to issue bonds to meet the costs but should not do so without coming up with ways to pay for redemption, Yosano said, signalling that some form of tax...
10:08 AM, May 22, 2011
Kaiga: A nuclear power reactor at the Kaiga Generating Station (KGS) was shut down after a smoke detection alarm went off on Friday. A smoke detection alarm appeared in the control room of Unit 3 on Friday around 4.30 am following which the 220 MWe nuclear power plant was shut down, the Nuclear Power Corporation said in a statement here. "On inspection of the respective area, it has been found...
07:59 AM, Apr 10, 2011
Tokyo: Japan's prime minister made his first visit to the country's tsunami-devastated region on Saturday as officials grappling to end the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl said they may have discovered why radiation has been leaking into the sea. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said it had found a crack in a concrete pit that was leaking water at its No.2 reactor in Fukushima, measuring 1,000 millisieverts of radiation per...
01:47 PM, Apr 03, 2011
New York: The reconnection of power at the earthquake-damaged reactors in Japan is a big step in managing the nuclear crisis, experts said on Monday, but concerns about radiation in the air, seawater and food showed the dangers are far from over. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) on Monday said radiation at much higher levels than normal was found in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear...
08:00 AM, Mar 22, 2011
Tokyo: Engineers restored electricity to three reactors at a crippled Japanese nuclear power plant and hope to test water pumps at the quake-damaged facility soon, the first clear signs of progress in tackling the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years. Japan suffered an estimated $ 250 billion in damage from the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left more than 21,000 people dead or missing, while radiation leaks...
11:27 AM, Mar 21, 2011
Singapore: Japan may need five years to rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that has caused up to $ 235 billion of damage, the World Bank said on Monday. The March 11 disaster which ravaged northeastern Japan will likely shave up to 0.5 percentage point from the country's economic growth this year, the bank said in a report. The impact will be concentrated in the first half of the...
09:46 AM, Mar 21, 2011
The Japanese government has issued an advisory to a village near Fukushima Daiichi plant not to drink tap water, due to elevated levels of radioactive iodine. ...
07:48 AM, Mar 21, 2011
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