Although it was just a byproduct of developing a new type of reactor, the generation of electricity from nuclear energy ...

This innovative design allows the reactor to “breed” more fuel than it consumes, providing a sustainable answer to India’s i ...

As a warning about how close we are to atomic holocaust, the Doomsday Clock stands at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it ...

India’s indigenous nuclear reactor prototype and abundant thorium reserves hold the key to the country’s future energy security.

Over the last decade, Beijing has made moves to transform its nuclear capabilities, modernising its intercontinental ...

The PMO has oversight of the Department of Atomic Energy. “On completion of the commissioning of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), the project will generate 500 MW of electricity,” he ...

But rapid construction in recent years has swept away trees and undergrowth to build one of the most sophisticated and closely-guarded government projects: “fast breeder” nuclear reactors.

I worked in the nuclear energy business in England in the 1960s and I have monitored disappointment after disappointment for ...

With the world’s largest reserves of 1.07 million tonnes, thorium is India’s second biggest energy resource, after coal— ...