Rather than question the safety of nuclear power, we should strive to strengthen it
The accident at Japan

In trying to cope with the fallout of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on India

India is putting in place an elaborate plan for legal and institutional reform to ensure its civilian nuclear programme meets all international safety standards.

In a boost to Indian efforts at obtaining a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group on Thursday for the first time called for

A team of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), which is setting up a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad, would shortly meet Haryana officials to clear the misgivings related to the recent nuclear mishap in Fukushima, Japan, as also sensitise state officials about the safety preparedness of Indian atomic power projects.

The NPCIL team headed by KB Dixit, executive d

India's nuclear plants may soon get some additional safety features, including more provisions to add water to the reactors to deal with over heating of the core, a condition that led to the Fukushima nuclear accident.

The measures are part of six recommendations made by four separate task forces set up by the country's nuclear plant operator NPCIL to study the capability of handling extended p

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

Manmohan, Medvedev express satisfaction at the development in the relationship
India and Russia will review safety issues with regard to their ongoing nuclear cooperation programme in the light of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan.

If necessary, additional features would be incorporated in the two Russian-origin nuclear plants under construction at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu a

Just two weeks before the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world