Mint Quick Edit | Don’t kick the can of nuclear waste down the road
1 day, 5 hours ago

Mint Quick Edit | Don’t kick the can of nuclear waste down the road

Live Mint  

There has been movement on the 2008 India-US nuclear deal after prolonged dormancy. This may entail easing US curbs not just on exports, but also on the joint production of components for power plants in India with local partners. To forge such ties, US businesses might want India to amend its 2010 law on nuclear-damage liability to limit their exposure to compensation claims. While accident liability is an important issue, especially if India acts on plans to set up several small modular reactors, the recycling and/or disposal of nuclear waste need attention too. As climate change and energy-intensive AI projects push the world to embrace carbon-free nuclear power, we’ll need transparency on risk mitigation.

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US to remove regulations to facilitate nuclear cooperation with India
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2 days, 15 hours ago

US to remove regulations to facilitate nuclear cooperation with India

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The US will remove regulations that have prevented cooperation between key Indian nuclear entities and American companies, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday, marking a major step forward in implementing the landmark 2005 civil nuclear agreement. The move, Sullivan said, is an opportunity to move away from “frictions of the past” and acknowledges India’s “open …

Budget 2024-25: India's energy transition plan
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2024-25: India's energy transition plan

Hindustan Times  

India, targeting a $7 trillion economy and decarbonisation target by achieving 500 GW of fossil-fuel free generating capacity by 2030, needs a well-rounded strategy that harmonises economic development with environmental sustainability. To reach India’s goal of achieving 50 percent of its total installed power generation capacity come from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, India must install approximately 50 gigawatts of …

Problem power: On small modular reactor plan
5 months, 1 week ago

Problem power: On small modular reactor plan

The Hindu  

The Indian government is planning to team up with the private sector to study and test small modular reactors. Nuclear power offers a sufficiently high and sustainable power output, even if externalised costs like those of building safe and reliable reactors and handling spent nuclear fuel complicate this calculus. The nuclear power tariff is thus higher from ‘younger’ facilities, even …

India close to completing its most advanced nuclear plant ever in boost for clean energy
5 months, 1 week ago

India close to completing its most advanced nuclear plant ever in boost for clean energy

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India is close to completing its most advanced nuclear plant, marking a major step forward …

Budget 2024: India to boost nuclear energy, develop Bharat Small Reactors
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: India to boost nuclear energy, develop Bharat Small Reactors

India Today  

In a significant move towards diversifying India's energy mix, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced major initiatives for nuclear energy development in the Union Budget 2024. Read Full Budget 2024 Coverage In line with India's commitment to sustainable development, the Finance Minister announced plans to formulate regulations for transitioning from energy efficiency targets to emission targets. By embracing nuclear energy, enhancing …

India will ‘commission a nuclear power reactor every year’: NPCIL chief
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India will ‘commission a nuclear power reactor every year’: NPCIL chief

The Hindu  

On December 17, 2023, India’s largest indigenously developed 700-MWe pressurised heavy water reactor – the fourth unit in Kakrapar, Gujarat – attained criticality. Pathak told The Hindu NPCIL plans to “commission a nuclear power reactor every year” hence. Mr. Pathak is a Distinguished Scientist of the Department of Atomic Energy and has more than 30 years of experience implementing the …

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland
1 year, 3 months ago

India is on the global frontlines of the waste crisis: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, author of Wasteland

The Hindu  

The river of rubbish at the Green Recycling in Maldon, Essex, says the award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis, is “an awful sight” but leaves him mesmerised: his eyes catch “a single discarded glove; a crushed Tupperware container, the meal inside uneaten; a lone photograph of a child, smiling atop an adult’s shoulders.” Franklin-Wallis’s journey around the world of detritus, which he …

Should India consider phasing out nuclear power? | The Hindu Parley podcast
1 year, 8 months ago

Should India consider phasing out nuclear power? | The Hindu Parley podcast

The Hindu  

April 28, 2023 12:30 am | Updated 12:34 pm IST Germany has shut down the last of its nuclear power plants; France, the nuclear powerhouse of the world, is struggling to replenish its stock of ageing reactors. With solar and wind power becoming more popular globally, there are questions on whether nuclear power, with its attendant concerns on cost and …

Should India consider phasing out nuclear power?
1 year, 8 months ago

Should India consider phasing out nuclear power?

The Hindu  

Germany has shut down the last of its nuclear power plants; France, the nuclear powerhouse of the world, is struggling to replenish its stock of ageing reactors. South Korea’s new president has changed the energy policy and committed to increasing the share of nuclear power in the country’s energy mix to 30% by 2030. Beyond Germany, the U.K. has said …

Explained | What are the ambiguities in India’s nuclear liability law?
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained | What are the ambiguities in India’s nuclear liability law?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The issues regarding India’s nuclear liability law continue to hold up the more than a decade-old plan to build six nuclear power reactors in Maharashtra’s Jaitapur, the world’s biggest nuclear power generation site under consideration at present. Section 10 of the annex of the CSC lays down “only” two conditions under which the national law of …

COP27 | India hails ‘Loss and Damage’ compensation fund approved at U.N. climate summit
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | India hails ‘Loss and Damage’ compensation fund approved at U.N. climate summit

The Hindu  

India on Sunday called as historic the U.N. climate summit in Egypt for securing an agreement on establishing a fund to address ‘Loss and Damage’ due to climate change-induced disasters, saying “the world has waited far too long for this”. He welcomed the inclusion of "transition to sustainable lifestyles and sustainable patterns of consumption and production in our efforts to …

Spent nuclear fuel storage should be ‘worked out’: SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Spent nuclear fuel storage should be ‘worked out’: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has said the problem of storing spent nuclear fuel from the Kudankulam nuclear power plant has to be “worked out”, possibly with the help of experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and officials at the highest level in the Tamil Nadu government, while prima facie disagreeing with the petitioners’ idea of shutting down the nuclear plant …

Sticking to commitments: The Hindu Editorial on India’s climate change goals
2 years, 5 months ago

Sticking to commitments: The Hindu Editorial on India’s climate change goals

The Hindu  

Ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November, the Union Cabinet has approved India’s Nationally Determined Contributions, a formal statement detailing its action plan to address climate change. India’s first NDC, in 2015, specified eight targets, the most salient of them being reducing the emissions intensity of GDP by 33%-35% by …

India's energy crisis: Coal shortage an opportunity to fully explore renewable, nuclear options
3 years, 2 months ago

India's energy crisis: Coal shortage an opportunity to fully explore renewable, nuclear options

Firstpost  

The current crisis should be seen as a window of opportunity to not go back to producing more coal but to begin the transition to explore green and renewable energy With a coal shortage at thermal power projects persisting and India continuing to grapple with an energy crisis, the need of the hour is for the Centre to shift focus …

Facts on India's nuclear power and list of nuclear research centres in India
3 years, 2 months ago

Facts on India's nuclear power and list of nuclear research centres in India

India Today  

The Indian government aims to grow its nuclear power capacity as part of its infrastructure development programme and has set ambitious targets for the same. Moreover, since 2010, an incompatibility between India’s civil liability law and international conventions has limited the provision of foreign technology in nuclear research. Developing alternate nuclear fuel resources The lack of indigenous uranium along with …

How India Can Address Cybersecurity Challenges in Nuclear Domain
3 years, 2 months ago

How India Can Address Cybersecurity Challenges in Nuclear Domain

News 18  

Across the world, cybersecurity architecture is becoming more complex and increasingly requiring advanced safety mechanisms to protect against system vulnerabilities and potential crises. Although cybersecurity does factor into India’s nuclear security architecture, it can be argued that there is limited emphasis on building and strengthening the infrastructure to respond to the rapidly growing and evolving cyber threats. There are several …

EXPLAINED| How Nuclear Energy Can Provide Solution To India’s Power Demand
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EXPLAINED| How Nuclear Energy Can Provide Solution To India’s Power Demand

ABP News  

Global warming and climate change are the most pertinent threats, looming large over our present as well as future generations and may push human civilization to the brink of an impending environmental apocalypse. Deterrents to nuclear power Only 10 per cent of the world’s energy demand is catered by nuclear power. Only 3.2 per cent of India’s national energy demand …

OPINION: To Explore Alternative Nuclear Technology Applications, India Can Work Closely with Russia
3 years, 11 months ago

OPINION: To Explore Alternative Nuclear Technology Applications, India Can Work Closely with Russia

ABP News  

Soon after Independence, India embarked upon its three-stage Nuclear Power Program to meet the defence and energy demands of Independent India. As we continue to advance our nuclear energy capabilities, India equally exhibits enormous potential to leverage alternative uses of nuclear technology. In fields such as nuclear medicine, hydrology, health-care diagnostics, agriculture, biotechnology, food irradiation, pest control, the applicability of …

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