The Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Austria has been taken on lease by PM Dimensions, a Mumbai-based workforce-development and engineering-services company, for imparting training in nuclear plant operations.

The plant, located by the Danube river, has a Light Water Reactor of 723-MW capacity, and is owned by EVN, an Austrian utility company.

New Delhi: State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd will soon set up a joint venture with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd and Alstom Ltd for setting up civil nuclear power plants in the country, Heavy Industries secretary Bhawani Singh Meena said on Thursday.

All the three companies will have 33.33% equity each in the joint venture, which would get approval from department of atomic ener

Co May Take Up Only Small Hydro Projects In Wake Of Recent Delays

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THE Indian Railways has approached Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for setting up 1000 mw of captive nuclear capacity on its behalf. The proposal put forward by the Indian Railways includes setting up two units of 500 mw on railway land.

The passage by both houses of Parliament of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 marks yet another step in the United Progressive Alliance government










SWARAJ THAPA & RAVISH TIWARI
NEW DELHI
        

The Indian government, at the last round of commercial
negotiations with Russia for the supply of four additional reactors at
Kudankulum, had wanted the contract to include a clause allowing for the

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