Tag: Nuclear Power
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Hypersonic Boom
Tuesday’s spectacular launch was Pyongyang’s second test of its purported hypersonic missile in the span of a week, indeed a type of weaponry that it had first tested in September last year. On closer reflection, President Kim relentlessly pursues his defiance to expand his nuclear capabilities despite western sanctions, pandemic-related difficulties, and deadlocked diplomacy with America.
January 14, 2022 -
Nuclear power to be part of India’s green power journey
Srivastava said if carbon cost is introduced in India through backdoor by way of bi-laterals and exclusive reliance of renewable power, then the costs will go up.
January 5, 2022 -
Nuclear debate
Pressure is growing, however, on the Biden Administration to consider alternative means of demonstrating its commitment to reducing the role of nuclear weapons, particularly in deterring or responding to non-nuclear attacks.
October 27, 2021 -
Policy-makers should look at nuclear power option
Nuclear power stations are expensive to build but cheap to operate. The economy of power generation is analysed according to “Levelised Cost of Electricity” (LCOE). LCOE accounts for the overall building cost, cost of operation and the cost of waste management in respect to the overall electricity output of the station over its lifetime.
January 13, 2021 -
Short-cuts won’t work for environmental challenge
Some experts ask for giant geoengineering projects whose equality gigantic adverse effects are not even fully understood at present.
May 30, 2019 -
Balancing the power options
While it is important to make the best of potential of energy sources, it is equally necessary to recognise their limitations and open ones mind to alternatives
February 5, 2019 -
Nuclear power remains important option to meet challenges of energy demand, climate change: India
Bayyapu stressed on the need of the IAEA to continue its programmes of support to member states who are embarking on or expanding their nuclear energy programmes.
November 11, 2018 -
N-power could fuel Mr Modi’s dream
On the eve of 28 April 2018, Prime Minister Modi declared the electrification of 600,000 villages across India, hours after the last village in Manipur was officially added to the national grid. This was a monumental goal for Modi, who pledged in August 2015 to electrify all Indian villages within 1,000 days. While Prime Minister...
June 14, 2018 -
Design for a decarbonised future
Over the next 50 years, unless patterns change dramatically, energy production and use will contribute to global warming through large-scale greenhouse gas emissions in the form of carbon dioxide. Nuclear power could be one option for reducing carbon emissions. This analyses how nuclear power and technology would boost the career for engineers due to the...
May 31, 2018 -
The Solar Challenge
In March 1885, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose wrote in his diary: “I have been long thinking whether the vast solar energy that is wasted in the tropical regions can in any way be utilised. Of course trees consume solar energy. But is there no direct way of utilising the radiant energy of the Sun?” Along...
March 14, 2018 -
My relation with Kim Jong-un is very good: Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump has signalled that he has developed a “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite tensions between them. “I probably have a very good relationship with Kim Jong-un,” Trump said in an interview about the first year of his presidency with The Wall Street Journal newspaper. “I have relationships with...
January 12, 2018 -
Kim asks for strengthening of N.Korea’s nuclear force
Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea has asked for further strengthening of his country’s nuclear force, the state media said on Wednesday. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim “expressed belief that the scientists of the national defence industry and workers of munitions would bolster up the nuclear force in quality...
December 13, 2017 -
Trilateral ferment
The almost relentless ferment in the Arab world has had simultaneous tremors across three nations ~ Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, the last a nuclear power. And given the intensity of the crisis that has erupted since Monday, the convulsion is seemingly intertwined. The civil war in Yemen has taken a dramatic turn with the...
December 7, 2017 -
‘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...
June 26, 2017 -
EU must earmark $505 billion to sustain current nuclear output
The European Union said it will need to invest between 350 and 450 billion euro ($393-$505 billion) through 2050 in order to maintain its current level of nuclear power output, officials said. The European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete spoke during the 12th plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Energy Forum...
May 24, 2017 -
Kudankulam-II n-plant to restart generation on Friday
The second 1,000 MW atomic power unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) that suffered an outage on Monday due to a problem in its steam dump valve is expected to start operations on Friday, said a senior official of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). "Due to some problem in the steam...
April 4, 2017 -
India’s quest for nuclear power
To meet its energy requirement, India is currently looking at new locations to build up its nuclear power production. Nuclear power is currently India’s 5th largest source of electricity after Coal (61 per cent), Natural Gas (7.6 per cent), Hydroelectric (14 per cent), other renewables (14 per cent) and Nuclear (3.5 per cent). India aims...
April 2, 2017