09 Apr 2012

I have read with interest the article “Kudankulam Meltdown” by Latha Jishnu and others. Since it is based on a direct interaction with the people residing near the project site, it has authenticity.

I live in Visakhapatnam which is close to Kovvada where NPCIL is planning to set up another nuclear power complex. The Kudankulam experience is therefore relevant to people like me.



In the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan, Germany has temporarily shut down seven o

The safety features and power backups built into third-generation reactors should shut them down safely even without electrical power.

Fear of radiation from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant must not blind us to the risks attached to the alternatives.

Fission power must remain a crucial part of the energy mix until renewable energy technologies can be scaled up, argues Charles D. Ferguson.

How a handful of operators at a crippled reactor averted a greater catastrophe at the Fukushima plant.

23 Mar 2011

The severe quake that hit Japan earlier this month and the devastating tsunami that followed it were unfortunate. These two events triggered a series of explosions at Fukushima Daiichi and a few other nuclear power installations. The Dept.

The unfolding tragedy in Japan is an opportunity to rethink nuclear power, but India has its head in the sand.(Editorial)



??Plans for undersea nuclear power reactors around the coast of France could see a boom in uptake of th



American and Indian corporates upset by the provisions of India’s civil nuclear liability law

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