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AEC Chairman: India To Launch Eight Nuclear Power Reactors

Eight nuclear reactors will be launched at four different sites across India during the 12th five year plan, announced the AEC chairman on Tuesday.

October 31, 2012

Nuclear Power Generation In India Increased By 23% In 2012: AEC Chairman

Nuclear power generation in India increased by 23 percent over the previous year, said the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, R. K. Sinha.

October 1, 2012

Japan Restarts Oi Nuclear Plant Amidst Protests

On Sunday evening amidst huge public protests, engineers at the Kansai Electric Company pulled out the control rods in the Oi reactor core number three allowing nuclear fusion to resume.

July 3, 2012

India’s Kudankulam Atomic Power Plant Approved After One-Year Delay

After a one-year long stand-off, Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalitha approved the operation of the 1,000-megawatt Russian-aided Kudankulam atomic power plant on Monday.

March 20, 2012

Kudankulam Officials Urge Tamil Nadu Govt To Approve Nuclear Plant

Executives at the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited are urging the Tamil Nadu government to approve the operations at the Kudankulam nuclear power station.

March 12, 2012

PM Manmohan Singh Discusses R&D Roadmap For India

In an interview published today in the journal Science, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describes his plans for the country’s R&D sector over the next 5 to 10 years.

February 24, 2012

Exercise IOWave 11: More Than 20 Countries Reenact 2004 Sumatran Tsunami

A mock tsunami drill which reenacted the events of December 26, 2004, concluded on Thursday evening. Code named “Exercise IOWave11,” it was the first of its kind.

October 17, 2011