India’s first prototype-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam is set to be commissioned next year marking the second stage of India’s three-stage nuclear programme aiming to recycle spent fuel to reduce the inventory of radioactive waste. According to officials, this comes nearly two years after the nuclear regulator’s nod. The first of its kind nuclear …
Your comments on India’s nuclear energy scenario roadmap. Nuclear power is clean and environment friendly, apart from having an enormous potential to ensure the country’s long-term energy security. A large nuclear power expansion programme is therefore under implementation. Today, we have 25 operational nuclear power reactors in the country contributing about 9 GW of clean …
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it plans to start producing clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibaraki Prefecture close to Tokyo by 2028. The agency said it sought authorization to do so on March 27 from the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The project would mark the world’s first …
Evaluating the potential of today’s putative nuclear renaissance requires a critical look at what has changed, what hasn’t, and what would be required to avoid the pitfalls that turned prior periods of nuclear boom to bust. A recent flurry of activity around nuclear energy—driven by an upsurge of interest and incipient investment from technology companies …
India is preparing to amend its nuclear liability legislation to cap accident-related penalties for equipment suppliers, in a bid to revive stalled foreign investment in its nuclear sector, particularly from US firms. According to three government sources cited by Reuters, the proposed changes would remove a key clause in the 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage …
Deputy Governor of Southeast Sulawesi Hugua (second from right) together with member of the National Energy Council (DEN) Musri Mawaledha (right) take a photo with officials from the Russian Trade Representative Office in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. (ANTARA/HO-Pemprov Sultra) Kendari, S. Sulawesi (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Energy Council (DEN) has expressed support for a …
Construction of the base for the first small modular nuclear power plant begins in Uzbekistan The construction of a construction and installation base (CIB) has begun in Uzbekistan as part of the implementation of the small modular nuclear power plant (SMNPP) project with the RITM-200N reactor, which is being built in the Jizzakh region using …
A rendering of the GE Hitachi BWRX300 small modular reactor. Small modular reactors are more likely than larger designs to achieve long-term “price and performance parity” with conventional energy sources, but only with support from the U.S. government, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in a report released on April 14, 2025. Retrieved from GE Hitachi. …
The April 9 analysis presumes robust deployments over the next 10 years enabled by design, manufacturing and project management innovations that drive down deployment costs. Dive Brief: New nuclear power capacity could meet about 10% of the projected increase in data center electricity demand by 2035, Deloitte said in an April 9 report. Deloitte expects data …
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Riyadh and Washington are on a “pathway” to reaching an agreement.PHOTO: REUTERS The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom’s ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on April …
