In the last lap of its first approach to criticality, the first unit (1000 MWe) of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu is undergoing a battery of tests by engineers of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

R.K. Sinha, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, told The Hindu that the NPCIL engineers were busy, performing “high pressure and temperature tests.”
Additional tests

Things are going on smoothly and the loading of enriched uranium fuel into the first reactor at Kudankulam is expected to begin by the middle of this month.

This was stated by Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) K.C. Purohit. “Our inspection [of the reactor pressure vessel] is almost complete,” he said from Mumbai. “We will submit our observations and reports to a committee of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and load the fuel based on its decision.”

Interview with A.R. Ansari, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation.

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The Defence Terrain Research Laboratory focusses on providing state-of-the-art terrain intelligence to the armed forces.

AN unambiguous message that India sent out when Chandrayaan-1 safely entered the moon

The spacecraft, integrated with its payloads, was tested for three months for communication between instruments and with the ground.
ISRO

Chandrayaan-1 is moving closer to the moon and is expected to enter its lunar orbit on November 15.

The earth as seen by Chandrayaan-1 from a height of 70,000 km. This image, the second taken by the Terrain Mapping Camera of the spacecraft on October 29, shows Australia's southern coast.

The Indian Space Research Organisation makes history by launching 10 satellites in one flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.