ToMr. Masato Kanda President Asian Development Bank (ADB) Dear Mr. Kanda, Having represented India on ADB's Board in the past, I feel dismayed and distressed about newsreports about the Bank abruptly…
Dilution of the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act to attract private investment from the US and other countries will hurt the national interest and India's emphasis…
Maharashtra has signed a MoU with Rosatom [Ref.1] Russia’s Atomic Energy Corporation, which is responsible for all civil and military nuclear assets in Russia. The ‘Mah-Ros’ MoU for development of…
To Mr Ajay Banga President World Bank Dear Mr Banga, I understand that the World Bank is considering reversing its long-standing policy against funding nuclear power projects, ostensibly on the dubious ground that…
Clean energy security is central to India's economic growth and sustainable development. However, nuclear power plants take 5 to 17 years longer to construct from planning to production. Additionally, nuclear…
With the world awash in countless power-hungry cloud-computing and AI data centers, crypto mining farms, growing fleets of electrical vehicles, new all-electric homes and commercial buildings, existing power generation capacity…
Prerna Gupta talks to Dilnaz Boga about those affected by Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in India’s thirst for electricity Prerna Gupta is a PhD student at the Institute for…
To Shri Rajiv Gauba Cabinet Secretary Government of India Dear Shri Gauba, I had earlier written to the Department of Atomic Energy on 13-9-2019 on my concerns, both technical and…
Nuclear waste is an interminable curse that eternally haunts the future of civilization for hundreds/thousands of years. “The challenge of making nuclear power safer doesn't end after the power has…
On July 28, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Tahiti and said that France owed a “debt” to French Polynesia. The debt was related to approximately 200 nuclear tests France conducted in the 118…
Written by Ali Ahmad, Aditi Verma, Francesca Giovannini A decade later, the footage of the dramatic hydrogen explosions in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, broadcast live on television—and the…
Co-Written by Anjali Roy, Ankit Kumar, Anurag Ratan, KS Lakshmi Naraayan, Kaustubh Jain and Sartaj Singh "Most people are completely, blissfully ignorant about the situation, and those of us who…
Abstract: The decision by the govt. of India in May 2017 to commission ten nuclear reactors of the type PHWR of 700 MW capacity each, and the other…
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