Tag: Atomic Energy Commission
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Clean and green energy supply to increase in coming future, claims former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
While stressing on the lowering of energy cost, Dr Kakodkar said that the exponential increase of clean and green energy should primarily come from solar, wind and nuclear energy, said a senior officer of the Department of Science and Technology here on Wednesday.
August 25, 2021 -
17 new reactors are now in pipeline, with 7 under construction: Atomic energy secretary
'Nuclear energy is a source of energy to meet the rising demands of the country and it is an instrument of ease of living in one's day to day life,' said Minister of State for Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh.
October 19, 2019 -
Doubt persists in Kudankulam nuclear plant
The NPCIL is building a third reactor of the same type at Kudankulam which saw a year-long violent agitation by an anti-nuclear lobby in 2011- 2012.
May 19, 2019 -
‘India should aim to get 40 pc electricity from nuclear power by 2050’
Indigenous manufacturing of major components and ensuring a strong participation from the domestic industry are the major challenges before the Indian nuclear power programme now, says former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chief MR Srinivasan. "For a large nuclear power capacity to be built in a country like India, it is very important to have major …
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June 26, 2017 -
‘Indian nuclear sector doesn’t expect budget bounty’
After getting a firm commitment of Rs.3,000 crore allocation over the next two decades for atomic power projects in the last Union Budget, the nuclear power sector is not expecting anything new in the upcoming 2017-18 budget, said the Atomic Energy Commission chief. "Unlike other industries, we do not have any new expectations from the …
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January 29, 2017