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From monopoly to market: PK Mishra outlines India’s vision for private nuclear plants
29 Jan 2026 16:28 GMT
… and climate action.
File: Madras Atomic Power Station | Photo: AP
New Delhi … nuclear energy sector is expected to catalyse a massive expansion of atomic … reform by opening nuclear energy to private … expected to scale nuclear capacity significantly by 2047 …
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Time to sell India’s nuclear power plants
21 Jan 2026 01:12 GMT
… : sell existing, operating nuclear power plants.
Government-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India … 10 are pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) built using indigenous … and refurbishments is mixed. Madras Atomic Power Station Unit 1 has been under …
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SHANTI Act: What is still under centre’s control in India’s ‘open’ nuclear sector?
27 Dec 2025 14:10 GMT
… a nuclear power plant or reactor, fabricate, refine, enrich nuclear fuel. … of Department of Atomic Energy”.
Beach sand … February this year, Madras High Court ordered … says, “Groundwater around nuclear power plants too face radioactive contamination …
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UPSC Key: Electoral Registration Officers, Separation of power, and Nuclear energy
27 Dec 2025 13:21 GMT
… India’s nuclear sector since the Atomic Energy Act … are essentially advanced small nuclear reactors that have a power … the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’. If this experiment … celebrations in India in Madras (currently called Chennai). …
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India to open nuclear power industry to private sector
18 Dec 2025 18:10 GMT
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Nuclear energy currently meets just over 3% of electricity needs
Madras Atomic Power Station in … Kalpakkam, in Tamil Nadu state. India aims to expand nuclear … 's closely controlled nuclear energy sector to private companies …
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India's Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms
18 Dec 2025 13:56 GMT
… legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies … in the foreground of the Madras Atomic Power Station located at Kalpakkam, in the … opening the tightly controlled civil nuclear power sector to private companies …
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EIL Bolsters Global Energy Engineering Leadership with Landmark Projects
31 Jan 2026 07:43 GMT
… blending facility for the Madras Refinery, world-scale … in Mongolia and a power plant project in Guyana, further … development.
Supporting India’s Nuclear Energy Roadmap
As reported … Reactor. In addition, EIL is offering consultancy support for the Atomic …
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India’s Nuclear Leap: Balancing Vision and Roadblocks
30 Sep 2025 09:19 GMT
… Atomic Energy Act and the 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear … on imports for sophisticated reactor components and materials, … established MTech programmes in nuclear engineering.
Despite growing … Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, IIT Bombay, Jawaharlal …
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TN To Conduct Civil Defence Mock Drill At Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station And Chennai Port Tomorrow
06 May 2025 19:09 GMT
… to take place at the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalpakkam of Chengalpattu district … Police (Operations), Project Director of Madras Atomic Power Station, Chairman of Chennai Port Trust …
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UPSC Key: Trump unveils Board of Peace, Draft NEP 2026 and Parakram Diwas
23 Jan 2026 14:04 GMT
… electrical) per unit. Conventional nuclear reactors, the kind which are … power plants with natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and tidal power plants … political importance of the Madras Presidency in the Indian … retreat. After the atomic bombs were dropped on …