Seeking to instill confidence in burgeoning atomic power sector, India is planning to ask the IAEA to conduct a peer review of its nuclear regulatory system after it is recast. The Atomic Energy Commission is preparing to invite the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) to examine its regulatory system, which will get statutory status after the passage of the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) Bill...
12:07 PM, Mar 24, 2013
The first 1,000 MW unit of the much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power project (KNPP) could be commissioned in the next few days and every step is being taken to ensure safety, a senior official said. ...
09:29 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Observing that there is a dearth of skilled researchers in crucial areas like space, energy, medicine and defence in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on January 19 said technology should be developed for the benefit of the people. "Quite often, I have observed that there is a deficiency of research manpower in strategic areas like space technology, atomic energy, defence, as well as in basic engineering research in medical technology,...
03:56 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The much-delayed Kudankulam project is set to be commissioned within the next two weeks as nuclear scientists have entered the final lap of a series of tests on its safety and efficacy. "Within this month 100 per cent. It will take about two weeks," Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission said here on the sidelines of the 100th Indian Science Congress when asked about the commissioning of...
11:59 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Iran will not stop higher-grade uranium enrichment in response to external demands; its top nuclear energy official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, signalling a tough bargaining stance ahead of planned new talks with world powers. ...
03:01 AM, Dec 19, 2012
Chennai: Anti-nuclear activists in Chennai on Monday morning laid siege to the state secretariat, demonstrating against the India visit by a team from the international watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Activists showed black flags and banners to decry the atomic inspectors' visit. The inspectors have been invited by the Centre to inspect safety practices adopted by the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station in Rawatbhata near Kota. The team will submit...
11:54 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Vienna: Iran would currently need at least two to four months to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one nuclear bomb, and additional time to make the device itself, a US security institute said on Monday. Estimates of how quickly Iran could enrich its uranium to the fissile level required for bombs are closely watched as they may give an indication of how much time its foes believe they have to...
10:04 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) chairman SS Bajaj admitted that all safety recommendations have not been followed. ...
04:12 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Kudankulam: Situation remained tense at Kudankulum where 14 protesters were arrested on Tuesday for pelting stones at the police and indulging in unlawful activities. With this the total number of arrests has gone up to 51 since Monday. Meanwhile, Prashant Bhushan has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to stop fuel loading at the plant. The stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and police continues and reports say the leader...
02:50 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Atomic Energy Regulatory Board on Thursday said that India has had no radiation safety police in the last three decades. The damning report comes close on the heels of its reports on coal allocations, power projects and Delhi airport. Observing that Pakistan and a number of other countries had conferred legal status to their nuclear regulators, the CAG on Wednesday...
02:12 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Bhopal: Indore-based Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), a Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) facility, has played a major role in the supply of vital parts for Large Hadron Collider of European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). The scientists at CERN on Wednesday claimed to have spotted a sub-atomic particle "consistent" with the Higgs boson or 'God particle', believed to be a crucial building block that led to the...
09:34 AM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: The first unit of the Kundankulam nuclear power project is expected to start generating electricity in the next 40 days, Minister of State in the rime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said on Monday. He said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) officials were at the Kudankulam project site and inspecting the plant. "The first reactor of 1000 MW will be operational within 40 days from today," Narayanasamy told...
04:52 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Coimbatore: Lashing out at anti-nuclear activists, a former Atomic Energy Commission chief on Wednesday said that "certain professional agitators" had worked against the project at Kudankulam which was "one of the best sites" for a nuclear power station. The fisherfolk living around Kudankulam village were no doubt greatly agitated after the Fukushima disaster but "certain professional agitators, with motives of their own, have worked on the fears on the innocent...
04:37 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Tehran: Senior UN inspectors arrived in Iran on Monday to push for transparency about its disputed nuclear program and several European states halted purchases of Iranian oil as part of Western moves to pile pressure on a defiant Tehran. Iran denies Western accusations that it is covertly seeking the means to build nuclear weapons and has again vowed no nuclear retreat in recent weeks, but also voiced willingness to resume...
07:41 AM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: An expert group constituted by the government on Kudankulum Nuclear Power Project on Tuesday submitted it's supplementary report. In the report, the panel concludes that the nuclear project is proceeding as per the stipulations of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and with all clearances it meets with current safety requirements and is safe for operations. The expert panel also addressed all safety issues to allay fears, but since...
07:34 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Moscow: Russia expressed regret and concern on Tuesday about Iran's launch of an underground uranium enrichment facility, but urged all parties involved in the nuclear standoff with Tehran to avoid hasty moves. The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement mixed cautious criticism of Iran, an important trading partner, with a call for more talks - a fine line Moscow has walked in the past. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that...
02:48 AM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: There was no release of radiation from the sole medical device containing radioactive material in the AMRI Hospital in Kolkata where a massive fire broke out this morning, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board said. A High Dose Rate brachytherapy unit with radioactive Iridium-192 as source was situated in the lower basement of the Kolkata Hospital where the fire broke out, AERB secretary R Bhattacharya said in a statement....
08:41 PM, Dec 09, 2011
New Delhi: Dr Srikumar Banerjee, chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India (AECI), spoke to Saurav Jha, author of The Upside Down Book of Nuclear Power, recently at the former's South Bloc office on a gamut of issues concerning the state of nuclear power development in India. Saurav Jha:Is your current enrichment capability sufficient to fuel Indias emerging nuclear submarine fleet or will that be attained only with Chitradurga? If...
03:45 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Washington: The US on Thursday said it is looking into a range of possibilities against Iran as it asked Tehran to engage with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in a credible and transparent manner to address the concerns over its nuclear programme. The IAEA report on Iran, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, demonstrates what the US has known and made clear for years, which is that Iran did...
01:10 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Vienna: The UN nuclear atomic energy agency said on Tuesday for the first time that Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole purpose is the development of nuclear arms. The report is the strongest sign yet that Iran seeks to build a nuclear arsenal, despite claims to the contrary. With Israel threatening a military response, the report opens the way for a new confrontation between the West and...
02:02 AM, Nov 09, 2011
