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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clean Core Thorium Energy was granted an export licence last week to commercialise the fuel based in thorium, of which India has vast reserves. Firm is now looking for regulatory approvals.
India's target is to generate 100 GW of nuclear energy capacity by 2047, and US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy seems to have found a way to reach the goal.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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