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TopicNuclear energy

Topic: Nuclear energy

Bengaluru startup builds India’s 1st private nuclear fusion tokamak. Next step is a reactor

Bengaluru startup Pranos’s tokamak PRAGYA is a ‘test bed’ for the real goal—a full-scale nuclear fusion reactor for clean energy by 2030.

Will Trump’s dance with China nudge South Korea & Japan to cross the nuclear threshold?

The growing reluctance of America to risk fortune and blood to defend distant allies could end up making wars not only more likely, but unimaginably more lethal.

Bangladesh likely to commission first nuclear reactor soon—a slow start amid deepening energy crisis

It had initially been planned under the ousted Hasina govt for early last year, but technical complexity of integrating atomic power into grid caused delays.

Union Budget: Cancer drugs & solar panels set to get cheaper; seafood exporters to benefit

Rather than broad-based consumer price changes, the Budget reflects targeted industrial and financial market signalling—a snapshot by ThePrint.

Amid Oppn walkout in LS, Modi govt pushes through bill allowing private money in nuclear energy sector

SHANTI bill seeks to remove supplier’s liability clause, adding that operator’s right to recourse against supplier will now be based on what is specified in the contract.

More power, less blame: SHANTI Bill’s ‘pragmatic’ take on prickly issue of nuclear liability

The government's new legislation rewrites who pays and how much after a nuclear accident. It also caps maximum payouts, placing itself to absorb any damage beyond it.

Thorium utilisation is where India’s nuclear renaissance truly begins: Anil Kakodkar

From fast breeder reactors to accelerator systems, Anil Kakodkar’s 2006 address traced India’s path beyond uranium on Dr Homi Bhabha’s 97th birth anniversary.

Trump wants more US nuclear weapons tests. What does that mean?

If US was to revive its testing activity, it would open the door for China to resume testing, and they’re the only one of Big Five that needs new test data, an expert says.

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.

On Camera

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.