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

‘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 …

Simply put: Nagasaki Day 2019

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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

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,…

Nuclear energy helped prevent 72 billion tonnes CO2 emissions since 1970

At the end of 2020, there were 441 operable reactors

Tepco to decommission plant close to one damaged in 2011

The Fukushima Daini plant located 12 kilometres away from the Daiichi plant, had escaped damage in the 2011 quake and tsunami

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

Ukraine: 213 attacks on power infrastructure by Russia spark disaster fears

Disruption of power supply to the Donbas coal basin has potentially led to high levels of water pollution  

75 years of Japan atomic bombings: An open letter from people of the US

We promise to keep raising our voices to our government regarding the importance of keeping arms control treaties, they wrote

Simply Put: 75 years of Hiroshima

‘The difference between Chernobyl and Fukushima wildlife is the wolf is extinct in Japan’

Down To Earth speaks to James Smith from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom about the proliferation of wildlife in the two …

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

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

G20 energy ministers call for cooperation on nuclear energy & low-emission hydrogen

A tripling of renewable energy has been changed to “tripling of clean technology capacity,” says expert

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