Articles tagged under: nuclear

PM Modi commends India’s first locally developed Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3 as it starts operating at full capacity

September 01, 2023
PM Modi commends India’s first locally developed Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3 as it starts operating at full capacity

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated scientists and engineers for achieving another milestone as the first largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat started operations at full capacity. In a Twitter post, the Prime Minister said,“India achieves another milestone. The first largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat starts operations at full capacity. Congratulations to  our scientists and engineers.” India...Read More

India’s first locally developed nuclear reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat starts operations

June 30, 2023
India’s first locally developed nuclear reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat starts operations

Kakrapar: India’s first indigenously developed 700 MWe nuclear power reactor KAPP-3 at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in South Gujarat has started commercial operations today at 90 percent of its total power. The Government of India's arm, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is setting up two 700 MW pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar - KAPP-3 and KAPP-4. Kakrapar is also home to two 220 MW power plants. Officials have reported that several co...Read More

Gujarat Science City to have Rs. 10 crore Nuclear Science & Technology Gallery

March 27, 2023

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Science City will have a new Nuclear Science & Technology Gallery. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for the same by the Gujarat government and the department of Atomic energy of the Government of India. The MoU was signed in the State capital Gandhinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The gallery shall be set up through financial assistance of Rs. 10 crores. The estimated targetted time for completion of the gallery is 12 months. G...Read More

New generation ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ successfully test-fired by DRDO

December 18, 2021
New generation ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ successfully test-fired by DRDO

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested the new generation nuclear capable ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha at 1106 hrs on December 18, 2021. Various telemetry, radar, electro-optical stations and down range ships positioned along the eastern coast tracked and monitored the missile trajectory and parameters. The missile followed text book trajectory meeting all mission objectives with high level of a...Read More

PM Narendra Modi felicitates crew of Submarine INS Arihant on completion of Nuclear Triad

November 05, 2018

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received today the crew of Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarine (SSBN) INS Arihant. The submarine recently returned from its first deterrence patrol, completing the establishment of the country's survivable nuclear triad. Stressing the significance of the successful deployment of INS Arihant for the completion of India's nuclear triad, the Prime Minister congratulated the crew and all involved in the achievement which puts India among a handful o...Read More

India made no additional commitments to Japan for inking nuke pact: MEA

November 17, 2016
India made no additional commitments to Japan for inking nuke pact: MEA

New Delhi: India today asserted that the termination clause in the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) with Japan was nothing "new" and that New Delhi had made no additional commitments to clinch the deal other than what it had committed itself to while declaring a unilateral moratorium on testing nuclear weapons in 2008. It also insisted that all clauses in the NCA were binding on the two parties. However, the circumstances of termination, by their very nature, are not specifiable in the ...Read More

India, Japan sign Nuclear deal, 10 pacts, cover areas like space, agriculture

November 11, 2016
India, Japan sign Nuclear deal, 10 pacts, cover areas like space, agriculture

Tokyo: India and Japan today signed 10 pacts covering a range of areas such as boosting Japanese investment in infrastructure, railways, and for cooperation in space and agriculture, as part of agreements to bolster bilateral ties. An MoU was signed between the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited and Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport and Urban Development to enable cooperation and promote investment in infrastructure projects in railways & tran...Read More

Narendra Modi to visit Japan tomorrow, Nuclear deal expected

November 09, 2016
Narendra Modi to visit Japan tomorrow, Nuclear deal expected

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-day visit to Japan from tomorrow during which the two countries are expected to sign a civil nuclear deal besides discussing ways to step up cooperation in the areas like trade, investment and security. Modi will be holding the annual Summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and have an audience with the Emperor of Japan in Tokyo. From Tokyo, Modi, accompanied by Abe, will travel to Kobe by the famed Shinkansen bu...Read More

India, Japan set to sign nuclear deal this week: report

November 06, 2016
India, Japan set to sign nuclear deal this week: report

Tokyo: India and Japan are set to sign a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit here this week, a move that will boost bilateral economic and security ties and facilitate leading US-based players to set up atomic plants in India. The two countries had reached a broad agreement for cooperation in civil nuclear energy sector during Japanese Prime Minister Shiozo Abe's visit to India in December last year, but the deal was yet to be signed as ...Read More

India, Japan likely to sign nuke deal during Modi visit

November 03, 2016
India, Japan likely to sign nuke deal during Modi visit

New Delhi: India and Japan are likely to sign a civil nuclear cooperation agreement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to that country next week as the two sides completed the internal procedures for the much- awaited agreement. The two countries had sealed a broad agreement for cooperation in civil nuclear energy during Japanese Prime Minister Shiozo Abe's visit here last December but the final deal was yet to be signed as certain technical and legal issues were to be thrash...Read More