The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited on Wednesday announced additional safety measures at all nuclear power plants even as it reiterated that the country

Even as the Fukushima-Daiichi disaster is still unfolding, Indian and Chinese administrations and utilities have confirmed their will to continue with their nuclear new build programmes relying on most advanced standards.

Similar commitment is being shown by the US, Canada and Brazil. However, Italy and Switzerland have decided to reflect on their nuclear new build programme.

Even as Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) generated a record 40.8 per cent more electricity in 2010-11, the State-owned body said that the government is looking at creating a joint venture which will consider holding stakes in uranium mines in foreign countries in a bid to get assured and long-term fuel supplies for India.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has submitted its internal safety assessment report, which was made in the light of the Japan nuclear crisis, to the Department of Atomic Energy.

As part of efforts to revisit the safety of Indian nuclear power plants, four task-forces were set up to assess all aspects of safety in all reactors which are operating as well as under construction and the

A confident NPCIL wants to build 36 imported reactors as India plans to generate 63,000 MWe by 2032.

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In the wake of growing public demands for a review of nuclear safety following Japan's Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, Parliament's Standing Committee on Science and Technology will meet next week to examine what India should do to ensure its own civil nuclear energy programme is safe.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday (April 5).

Pointing out that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assu

After carrying out a complete review of its coastal nuclear sites in the wake of the tsunami-afflicted nuclear crisis in Japan, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has decided to set up tsunami alarms at all these sites that would link them up with relevant agencies including the Navy.

It may be recalled that such a network of tsunami alarms was set up after the Indian experience, which will

An Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) panel