Major pre-fuel loading exercise over at Kudankulam
September 12th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has completed the boron flushing of the first reactor at its Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), a major ... Read more...
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Atomic regulatory team inspecting Kudankulam reactor
September 10th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) A team of officials from the Indian atomic energy regulator was Monday doing the final studies of the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), ... Read more...
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Crucial NPCIL-atomic energy regulator meet Aug 3
July 28th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 28 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is gearing up for a crucial Aug 3 meeting with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) in Mumbai ... Read more...
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Kudankulam inspections on after removal of dummy fuel
June 4th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) The first reactor of the two 1,000 MW protest-hit Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is undergoing inspection by atomic experts after allowing the removal of all ... Read more...
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No boiler blast at Kudankulam: Nuclear Power Corp.
May 7th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Monday termed as baseless that a boiler had burst at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) as work ... Read more...
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Nuclear Corp now turns to catchy jingles to push Kudankalam
November 25th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 25 (IANS) Catchy jingles aired on two FM radio stations instead of dull and drab facts - this is the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd's new effort ... Read more...
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Government concerned about damage to Kudankulam reactor systems
November 25th, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) The government is concerned about the damage to equipment at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) owing to the ongoing protests against commissioning of the plant, ... Read more...
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Plans to circulate coolant in Kudankulam reactor
November 19th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) Officials are mulling circulating coolant water in the first reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) as the stagnant water in the reactor vessel and ... Read more...
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Kudankulam crew replaced as protest halts
October 17th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) India's nuclear power plant operator NPCIL has replaced its tired and besiged 50-member crew at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu with a ... Read more...
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India may build large nuclear power plants
August 3rd, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) India is considering building large sized nuclear power plants in technical collaboration with some foreign vendors, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.Minister of State for ... Read more...
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Haryana gets global nuclear energy centre
December 3rd, 2010 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) Haryana Friday got another first after it was announced here that the state would host the world's first Global Centre for Nuclear Energy partnership.
The global centre ... Read more...
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Dummy fuel loaded into Kudankulam reactor
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The first unit of the 2,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power project achieved a major milestone Friday - the loading of dummy fuel assemblies into the first VVER-1000 Russian ... Read more...
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Kaiga employees shaken by radioactive water
November 29th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, Nov 29 (IANS) Workers at the Kaiga atomic power plant in Karnataka are a shaken lot after the drinking water of a laboratory cooler was found contaminated with radioactive ... Read more...
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No harm to public from Kaiga atomic plant leak: official
November 29th, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 29 (IANS) Contamination of drinking water by radiation at the state-run Kaiga atomic power plant in northwest Karnataka has been contained to avert harm to the public, health and environment, ... Read more...
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