Japan put its nuclear calamity on a par with the world

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.

Japan on Monday expanded the evacuation zone around its crippled nuclear plant because of high levels of accumulated radiation, as a strong aftershock rattled the area one month after a quake and tsunami sparked the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.

A magnitude 7.1 tremor shook buildings in Tokyo and a wide swathe of eastern Japan on Monday evening, triggering a small tsunami alert.

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

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Tokyo: Japan was rattled by a magnitude-7.4 aftershock and tsunami warning on Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.

Expressing deep concern over the tsunami-triggered nuclear crisis in Japan, an ad-hoc group of nuclear safety experts from all over the world, that includes India

As the world debates the future of nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, experts have called for inclusion of binding safety standards in the international nuclear regime.

A group of 15 nuclear experts, including Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of India

The nuclear crisis in Japan presents an opportunity for India to hone its nuclear technologies further and make them as failsafe as possible.

THE ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan arising from the failures of the safety systems, in particular core cooling systems, of the nuclear power plants (NPPs) struck by the ferocious tsunami on March 11 has naturally led to all-round concern about the safety

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Japan's nuclear crisis drags on, exposing profound failures both at the company and in national energy policy
T IS daylight, but the darkness inside the headquarters of the world