The UN atomic agency confirmed on Monday that Iran has started enriching uranium to 20-per cent purity at a new site in a difficult-to-bomb mountain bunker.

Iran has taken steps in recent weeks that bring it closer to launching uranium enrichment deep inside a mountain, diplomatic sources say, a move that would worsen its nuclear confrontation with the

The Obama administration is set to announce on Monday that it will block new uranium mining on one million acres in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, lobbyists and Interior Department employe

French major Areva also claims safety of EPRs, but critics not convinced.

The evolutionary pressurised reactors (EPRs) that Areva is interested in supplying to the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) as part of the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power in Maharashtra will offer 15 per cent savings on uranium per mega-watt produced as compared to other reactors, according to the French nuclear major.

TIRUNELVELI: Suspecting that work is secretly going on at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, PMANE coordinator SP Udayakumar demanded the government to remove uranium fuel from the plant.

Iranian scientists have produced their first nuclear fuel rod, Iran’s nuclear agency said Sunday, another step despite United Nations sanctions and measures by the United States and others to stop

SHILLONG: The State Government has directed Jaypee Group, which has been entrusted to execute the 450 mega watt Kynshi (stage -II) hydro electric project on Kynshi river, to shift the project 3 km

Cites an ‘exhaustive’ survey conducted by govt in affected areas; PTU expert rubbishes claim

KOLKATA, 15 DEC: Among the many issues Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to discuss with Russian officials while in Moscow this week, is the prospect of India buying a stake in one of Russi

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear reactor.