Village protesting Kundankulam bans poll campaigning by any party
S P Udayakumar, coordinator of Peoples’ Movement Against Nuclear Energy, has been spearheading protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear …
Kudankulam meltdown
The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …
IEA pitches for favourable policy interventions to push lagging nuclear sector
Report, released at the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial conference, backs investments in nuclear power
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal may have plateaued due to uranium shortage: study
Pakistan does not have high grade uranium ore in the country, and its potential uranium reserves are also not very large
Nuclear waste can be used to generate electricity
The development could solve some of the problems of nuclear waste, clean electricity generation and battery life
Power-crazy
Clean and unlimited power from just a handful of hydrogen atoms. Physicists are busy working to make this dream real
Turning on the heat
The Green Party in France threatens to pull out of the government over the nuclear energy issue
Vietnam’s decision to scrap nuclear energy plans has some lessons for India
The decision dealt a blow to global nuclear energy trade and watered down Japan’s efforts at exporting reactors
South Koreans hoard sea salt as UN approves Japan’s release of Fukushima wastewater into Pacific
Japan will dilute the water to bring the remaining substances below regulatory standards before slowly releasing it 1,000 kilometres …
Greenwash? EU labels certain uses of nuclear energy, natural gas ‘sustainable’
The bloc intends to draw investment and boost its bid to decarbonise in the wake of the energy crisis due to the Ukraine war
Climate caveats
Without the switch to renewable energy, CO2 emissions would have been 50 per cent higher in the world; that's great, but not enough
Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy
Regardless of the efficiency of a future fusion power plant, taking energy conversions from basic science to the real world will require …
US Department of Energy announces breakthrough in nuclear fusion, sets path to clean energy source
The Department of Energy expects the private sector to enter the arena and provide the necessary support
How viable is nuclear energy
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These countries plan to throw a spanner in CoP26 works, warn BBC
A comment from India cited “tremendous challenges” to say that coal will remain the main source of energy in the coming decades
India to set up 12 nuclear plants with Russian collaboration
India has agreed to identify a second site, in addition to Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, for construction of the Russian-designed plants
Devil quotes the scriptures
The absence of a clear position on the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the clean development mechanism amounts to doublespeak
Nuclear shield for MNCs
The new Indo-US agreement protects American companies from being held liable for nuclear accidents
All our nuclear lies exposed
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New Bill, old problems
The government is considering setting up a new authority to regulate civil nuclear facilities, saying it will be autonomous and more powerful …
Kundankulam: police fire teargas to chase away protesters
The commissioning of the two 1,000 MW units of the plant has been delayed since December last year due to protests
Message SCIMBL for science alert
Vigyan Prasar celebrates National Science Day; launches mobile alert service to inculcate interest in science
Bush discards green
US President George Bush calls for a steep hike in the production of oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy and drilling for oil and gas in Alaska
No climate for cleantech
Most of the clean energy innovations are with just six rich countries and hardly any technology is coming to developing nations
Will Kolar become India's nuclear waste dumpyard?
Government offices, business houses, educational institutions and cinema halls remain shut in protest against the Centre’s move