How India’s beaches can unlock a nuclear-powered future

India’s Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor and abundant thorium reserves hold key to India’s future energy security

Simply put: Nagasaki Day 2019

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses ‘unprecedented‘ nuclear threats: Experts

A power outage, among other factors, could spell doom for nuclear reactors

Energy in news on June 7

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

Nuclear power or coal plants? Study weighs in on costs and benefits

Environmental costs from both power sources were also examined by the study

Scientists meeting in France seek more funds for nuclear energy

They claim nuclear energy, being clean, would help mitigate climate change

As told to Parliament (December 20, 2023): Improvement in malnutrition indicators for children in India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Nuclear energy helped prevent 72 billion tonnes CO2 emissions since 1970

At the end of 2020, there were 441 operable reactors

Bad policy decisions in 2018 impacted renewable energy growth: Report

In India too the new investment in the sector decreased by 16 per cent compared to 2017

Kudankulam Away from Reactor storage: Locals want MPs, MLAs at public hearing

DMK has agreed to send elected representatives

Simply Put: 75 years of Hiroshima

Robots to retrieve radioactive remnants from Fukushima, other retired nuclear plants

The £12 million 'LongOps' project is a collaboration between Japan and UK

As told to Parliament (February 10, 2022): India investing in nuclear power to provide clean electricity

All that was discussed in the House through the day

‘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.

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  

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  

Alternatives to dumping Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific

Japan plans to dump treated, radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific but it could be used in other …

Why nuclear is still unclear

Notwithstanding the symbolism of a nuclear disaster striking Japan again, the global perception of nuclear energy took another beating in …

As renewable energy picks up, nuclear decommissioning market booms

Though India is yet to take up decommissioning, it has a fund worth Rs 1,975 crore to do the job in the future

Kaiga nuclear plant expansion: Expect body blow for Western Ghats biodiversity

Rich tropical forest, vibrant wildlife, water of Kali river will be in line of destruction

Early nuclear tests in French Polynesia impacted 110,000 people, says new report

The report also mentioned that the French governement underestimated the nuclear fallout 

Will new categorisation of hydropower plants lead to sector's revival?

The Union Cabinet recently brought all hydro power projects of more than 25 MW capacity under renewable category which caused a jump in their …

In Australia nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars

The Australian government has formally reopened the highly contentious debate on nuclear power by referring the issue to a parliamentary committee,…

How the Nanar anti-refinery protests in Maharashtra clicked

The protestors used diverse social, legal and political activism strategies and drove a hard bargain with the local politicians to convey the …