The best of Indian science
In this and the following issue, DOWN TO EARTH presents a review of India's ten best scientific research projects. The selection is based on the …
US embraces nuclear reactors to power spacecrafts
Thirty years after they were abandoned for good, nuclear reactors are making a fatal comeback in the US spacecrafts. In 2003, the US National …
Science cannot be a minion to wealth
A journalist without the pretensions of a scientist -- that's how JOHN MADDOX, editor of Nature for 15 years, would like to see himself. On his …
Beyond Bhopal: incentive for unsafe industries
A judgement by a Bhopal court has brought the worst gas tragedy into spotlight. It has galvanized the media and the government into action. A …
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 …
Energy transition is now a must
Marie-Hélène Aubert, adviser to the French president for international negotiations on climate and environment, was recently in New …
Report pitches for nuclear energy in future
India is undergoing negotiations to unlock long-standing agreements with French, Russian and US companies to build nuclear power plants across …
India's nuclear chimera
Going by the Kudankulan example, India’s nuclear power generation target is a pie in the sky
‘It is not just a nuclear risk, but a climate risk’
Jan Haverkamp, a nuclear expert of Greenpeace (Central and Eastern Europe), spoke to Down To Earth on about Akademik Lomonosov — the first …
Want to solve climate problem? Nuclear isn't the answer
Alternatives to nuclear energy, in particular renewable sources of electricity like wind and solar energy, have become drastically cheaper.
Nuclear's unclear leap
Is India's failure to bag foreign reactors the real reason behind its announcement to set up 10 nuclear plants on its own?
Extreme weather increasingly disrupted generation of nuclear power in last 30 years: State of the Climate in Europe 2022
Nearly 60% of plants located by rivers or lakes in the continent experienced nuclear power production losses since 2017
India set for new nuclear age
Hunt on for the site of the world’s first thorium-based plant. But is it safe?
Just what is heavy water?
Down To Earth explains the importance of the culprit behind the leak at Kakrapar on Friday
Who US, what sanctions?
By conducting nuclear tests, India was only asserting its sovereignty. Now, if it gives in to US pressure tactics, it will tantamount to begging …
NPCIL pays compensation to workers injured at Kudankulam
The compensation was issued after the National Human Rights Commission intervened in the matter
Switzerland votes for phasing out nuclear power, switching to renewable energy
The new energy policy prohibits construction of new nuclear power plants and promotes the use of renewable energy sources and energy conservation
Japan to release treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant from August 24
Over 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water stored from 12 years; UN nuclear watchdog had approved plan in July 2023
‘Indian civilian nuclear reactors should be opened to public scrutiny’
On March 11, authorities at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in southern Gujarat closed down one of its units as a precautionary measure …
Ambitious plans override safety concerns
Despite strong opposition, the Indonesia is going ahead with its plan to build 12 nuclear power plants
Truth is what my father taught me
A look at today's environmental issues through the eyes of two well-known poets, exclusive to Down To Earth
Countdown to safety
In the face of mounting criticism at home and abroad, Japan's fast-breeder reactor programme is on the mat
Nuclear day-dreaming
A cloud o criticism forms over the proposal to set up a high-power nuclear plant at Kudangulam in Tamil Nadu
Blasting the tests
Intellectuals, politicians and army officials come under one roof to criticise the nuclear tests of India and Pakistan
Counter Productive
The post-Pokhran sanctions on Indian scientific institutions by the West could be a blessing in disguise for the country and its scientists
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