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Installed nuclear capacity is set to more than triple by 2031, and nuclear power plants are likely to generate about 9% of the country's electricity by 2047, according to Minister of State Jitendra Singh. India's nuclear power plants generated more than 3% of its electricity last year - despite representing only 1.6% of the country's installed capacity.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 13 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-minister-eyes-9-nuclear-share-by-2047
India has imported just over 7600 tonnes of uranium in the past three years, mostly from Kazakhstan and Canada, according to official figures released by the government. Minister of State Jitendra Singh provided the data, as well as figures for domestic uranium production, and updates on nuclear construction projects, in written answers to questions in the Indian government's upper house, the Rajya Sabha.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-minister-provides-uranium,-construction-upd
The impetus for new build is being spurred by a need to reduce reliance on polluting coal China has 10 nuclear units under construction including two Generation III Hualong One plants at Fangchenggang. China, with its state nuclear companies backed by a government hungry for development, is the most active nation for building new nuclear power plants. That trend that is likely to continue, although confirming lucrative export deals for its reactor technology still runs far behind the pace set by Russia, which says it had 39 reactors under construction or planned overseas as of 2018.
This compares to only two reactors under construction overseas by China, both in Pakistan, although in the UK China has a stake in EDF’s Hinkley Point C project and plans for Chinese technology at Bradwell B. At Sizewell C in Suffolk EDF wants to build a clone of Hinkley Point C if it can attract enough private investment. CGN holds a 20% share.
The government has said it wants to build 30 reactors overseas by 2030. China and Russia both see Africa, where about 600 million people live without electricity, as something of a golden fleece and are pursuing nuclear agreements, which lay the groundwork for new-build, in a number of African nations. Small modular reactors and floating reactors could be an option for isolated areas. China has already said it is close to starting work on its first floating unit, but reliable details are few and far between.
The impetus for nuclear power in China is increasingly due to air pollution from coal-fired plants. To meet its climate goal as stipulated in the Paris agreement, China will need to reduce its coal power capacity by 40% over the next decade, according to Global Energy Monitor’s analysis. At present, this seems unrealistic. In addition to roughly 1,000 GW of existing coal capacity, China has 121 GW of coal plants under construction, which is more than is being built in the rest of the world combined.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 24 January 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/china-keen-to-match-pace-set-by-russia-in-overseas-construction-1-4-2020
Indian Minister of State Jitendra Singh confirmed to the country's parliament this week that a cyberattack discovered in September at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant had been limited to the plant's administrative network.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 23 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Minister-confirms-details-of-Kudankulam-cyberattac
Innovation has always been at the heart of the nuclear power industry and its future depends on this commitment to technological advancement in both large and small reactor designs. This was the message of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) General Ministerial Conference held in Washington DC last week.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Conference-Advancing-the-rebirth-of-nuclear-power
The United Nations, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Energy Council (WEC) are drawing global attention to the inherent qualities of nuclear power as a clean and reliable source of electricity. Now into its seventh decade, nuclear energy is seen by these and other prominent organisations as an existing and proven solution to the 21st Century challenges of climate change and a sustainable energy transition.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-is-the-silent-giant-being-invited-fi
Indian company Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has secured an INR440 crore (USD64 million) order from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to erect the turbine generator islands for Kudankulam units 3 and 4.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BHEL-secures-Kudankulam-contract
Russian nuclear fuel company Tvel, a subsidiary of Rosatom, has signed a contract with India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to supply enriched uranium fuel pellets for two boiling water reactor (BWR) units at the Tarapur nuclear plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 31 January 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-tvel-signs-contract-to-supply-fuel-for-indias-tarapur-npp-6956671
Russia's ASE Group, the engineering subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom, on 8 July announced that the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority had issued a design and construction licence to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) for unit 2 of the Rooppur nuclear plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 10 July 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconstruction-licence-granted-for-second-bangladesh-reactor-6239837
First concrete was poured on 30 November for the basemat of unit 1 at Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant, marking the formal start of construction of the Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactor. Two 1200MWe units are to be built at Rooppur, on the eastern bank of the river Ganges, with the first unit scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2023 followed by the second in 2024.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 04 December 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-concrete-for-bangladesh-npp-5993014