Nuclear Power Plant: News
08 Oct 2024
GoogleGoogle wants to use nuclear energy to power data centers
In a bid to meet the rising demand for electricity driven by the AI boom, Google is actively looking at nuclear power as a potential energy source for its data centers.
23 Jul 2024
Jitendra SinghBudget 2024: India prioritizes nuclear power with Bharat Small Reactors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced major initiatives for nuclear energy development in the Union Budget 2024, in a bit to diversify India's energy mix.
20 Feb 2024
BusinessIn a first, India seeks private investment in nuclear energy
India is seeking private investments of around $26 billion in its nuclear energy sector to increase electricity generation from non-carbon-emitting sources, as per Reuters.
04 Mar 2022
UkraineRussian forces seize Ukrainian nuclear plant after attack, says Kyiv
Russian forces have seized control of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, hours after it had caught fire amid shelling, Ukrainian officials said.
22 Aug 2021
Nuclear FusionResearchers achieve breakthrough, inch closer to igniting nuclear fusion reaction
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California successfully achieved a breakthrough that inches humankind closer to sustainable power generation by nuclear fusion last week.
19 Mar 2021
KarachiPakistan connects first 1,100MW nuclear power plant to national grid
Pakistan has connected its first Chinese-assisted 1,100MW nuclear power plant in Karachi to the national grid that will help improve the country's economy by providing cost-effective and reliable electricity.
14 Mar 2019
IndiaIndia, US agree to build six nuclear-power plants in India
India and US have agreed to build six American nuclear power plants in India, in a boost to bilateral civil nuclear energy cooperation.
12 Jun 2018
Pakistan NewsChina plans to build university for nuclear power research
China is planning to build a university dedicated to nuclear power research to meet the severe shortage of qualified people at its rapidly expanding atomic energy facilities at home and abroad.
18 Mar 2018
Ukraine'Solar' rays of hope at Chernobyl nuclear disaster site
More than 30 years after the worst nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl is set to get a new lease of life as plans to transform it into a solar farm are in final stages.
24 Jul 2017
JapanFukushima: Robot captures first images of melted nuclear fuel
The first images of what is believed to be the melted nuclear fuel deposits inside Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant have been captured by an underwater robot.
18 May 2017
IndiaCabinet gives approval for 10 new nuclear reactors
The Cabinet has announced its approval to construct 10 new indigenous pressurized heavy water nuclear reactors to augment the nuclear energy production in the country.
