‘We’ll need a geological repository to store nuclear waste only after 30-40 years’
P K Wattal, director, Nuclear Recycle Group of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, offers insight into the status of nuclear waste …
Disposing of nuclear waste
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Nuclear contamination
Thar desert faces threat
Hey, let’s twist
Arm-twisted nanotubes to dispose of nuclear waste
Down with the dump
Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby
Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine
Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas
Sayonara to nuclear
Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous
Leakage at Kakrapar could be large, warns expert
A Gopalakrishnan is the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
On thin ice
Trick or treat?
Countries approach communities to say yes to nuclear disposal site near them
Failing to come clean
It is unclear whether the Indian government supports the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the climate convention's Kyoto Protocol
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Will Kolar become India's nuclear waste dumpyard?
Government offices, business houses, educational institutions and cinema halls remain shut in protest against the Centre’s move