Greenpeace criticised the delay in the closure of Chenobyl nuclear reactor. The Ukrainian authorities announced that the last operating reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station would run until

The nuclear industry suffered a further blow yesterday after revelations of lax quality controls on fuel production in France. The German government has ordered a naitonwide safety check at nuclear

The Ukrainian government decided Wednesday to close down the Chernonyl nuclear power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident, by the end of this year, as Western countries have long

The country's first power plant based on biomass gasification, with a generation capacity of 500 KW, has been commissioned at Kothara village in the border district of Kutch in

The Madras High Court has directed the 'herbal fuel' inventor Ramar Pillai to submit to the court, in a sealed cover, his thesis of the manufacturing process of his product called 'Ramar bio fuel'.

Thirty of Russia's 112 research nuclear reactors are too old and rundown to operate safely, chief of the country's nuclear safety watchdog agency has

OPEC's agreement to raise oil output should nip in the bud the threat of a pick-up in imported inflation in energy-hungry Asia as the region's recovery gathers pace, economists said

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is setting up a "critical facility" for the first time to validate the thorium-based nuclear reactor core and would be operational by

In a bid to bring the sulphur content in refined fuels here on par with international standards, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas has set April 1 as the deadline for the national capital

Self-electrification in rural India could soon become a cost-effective reality with scientists here developing a mini-biogas digester, suitable for small family units owning two or three cattle