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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicIndia nuclear power

Topic: India nuclear power

India didn’t just advance its nuclear programme. Here’s a less talked-about breakthrough

The real story of April 2026 is bigger than one reactor. It coincides with a quieter, commercially disruptive breakthrough that has received far less attention—emergence of ANEEL.

India’s nuclear leap: Kalpakkam fast breeder reactor goes critical, thorium endgame in sight | Cut The Clutter

In Episode 1822 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why India’s long-delayed three-stage nuclear programme has reached a crucial milestone, with...

PFBR’s criticality milestone at Kalpakkam makes India a firm contender in the global nuclear race

The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor located in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam attained criticality. The reactor is now only a step away from being fully operational.

India’s nuclear-power goal needs more than capital

New Delhi has finally accepted that the base load power demand of the future will need supplementing, and nuclear plants are one way to go about it.

2025 marked key point in India’s power sector: Clean energy surge pushed coal power into rare decline

Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.

With SHANTI, top scientist Kakodkar calls for startup push to make nuclear sector even more competitive

SHANTI Bill, passed by Parliament & granted Presidential assent earlier this month, opens up nuclear sector to private players & makes key changes to liability provisions.

France eyes Make in India for Jaitapur nuclear deal. Project ‘very much on the table’, says envoy

New Delhi: The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, which was envisioned as the world’s largest nuclear energy facility, remains “very much on the table”, French...

Rajasthan’s Rs 42,000 crore Mahi Banswara project will mark entry of NTPC in nuclear power sector

The 2800 MWe nuclear power plant is set to be inaugurated by PM Modi next week. Govt has set an ambitious target of 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047.

Betrayals, quarrels, indifference—the long arc of Indian scepticism towards US, from Nehru to Modi

As Trump’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods come into effect, ThePrint takes a closer look at factors that have shaped Indian scepticism towards the US for the last eight decades.

China was quick to test the nuclear bomb. India missed vital landmarks

India had a nuclear research programme at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, months before the US’ test. Eight decades later, it is light years away from that early vision.

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.