A 5.7 magnitude earthquake of

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

New Delhi: Former Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) chairman A Gopalakrishnan has raised alarm over the government

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

Tokyo/Fukushima: As Japan grappled with its worst atomic crisis in decades, premier Naoto Kan on Thursday said the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant must be scrapped as radiation seeping into sea tested 4,385 times the legal limit, but authorities ruled out expanding the evacuation zone.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the Japanese capital, in the first trip by a world leader here s

An Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) panel