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Agni-IV, C-130J, IAF woman officer among firsts
at R-Day |
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January
2012
New Delhi. The latest nuclear capable Agni-IV
missile, its C-130J special operations plane,
and a woman officer leading the IAF unit on
Rajpath were among the firsts at the 63rd
Republic Day parade Thursday. |
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Russia hands over Nerpa nuclear submarine
to India |
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January
2012
Moscow. The Indian Navy’s new acquisition,
the nuclear-powered K-152 Nerpa submarine
from Russia, should be in the Indian waters
in about six to eight weeks. |
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India's first fast breeder reactor to go critical
early 2013 |
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January
2012
Chennai. India's first 500-MW prototype fast
breeder reactor (PFBR), being set up at Kalpakkam
near here, is likely to go critical early
next year and commercial generation of electricity
is expected in March 2015. |
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'Weak links in security of India's coastal
n-plants' |
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January
2012
New Delhi. Weak links have been pointed out
in the security of nuclear power plants along
India's coastline and these are being addressed,
a top official involved in the country's disaster
management efforts said Jan 20. |
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Nuclear weapons not for war: Indian Army chief
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January
2012
New Delhi. Amid reports of Pakistan and China
augmenting their nuclear arsenals, Indian
Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh has rejected the
threat of a nuclear war, saying such weapons
primarily have a "strategic significance".
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Indian nuclear plants to bolster safety measures |
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December
2011
Chennai. India's atomic energy regulator has
decided to renew the operational licence of
all the 20 atomic power plants in the country
on a short term basis till the installation
of additional safety measures as suggested
after the disastrous Fukushima accident in
Japan. |
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India, Russia to focus on n-energy, defence
during summit |
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December
2011
New Delhi. India and Russia will focus on
expanding nuclear energy cooperation and building
on their long-standing military ties during
the three-day visit of Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh to Moscow beginning Dec 15
for a bilateral summit, when over half-a-dozen
pacts are expected to be signed. |
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US NRC Chairman Jaczko to visit India Nov14-18
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November
2011
New Delhi. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko will lead a five-member
delegation to India to exchange information
and share experience on safety standards and
regulation for the safe operation of nuclear
power plants. |
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India's Kudunkulam nuclear plant safe: Kalam
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November
2011
Chennai. Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
visited the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
(KNPP) in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu
Nov 6 and said the plant was totally safe
and a "boon to the people". |
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N-security, proliferation serious threats
around India: PM |
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October
2011
New Delhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has
warned that nuclear security and proliferation
in India's neighbourhood remained "a serious
threat" and called for the country's policy-makers
to factor in the deterioration in the international
strategic and political environment while
drawing up India's future policies. |
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India's Jaitapur n-plant will get consent:
French ambassador |
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September
2011
New Delhi. France is confident that the Jaitapur
nuclear plant that has run into trouble because
of earthquake concerns will get the green
light, says outgoing French Ambassador Jerome
Bonnafont. |
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Pakistan about to get China's latest n-technology
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September
2011
Islamabad. Pakistan is in an advanced stage
of negotiations with China for its latest
third-generation nuclear technology to build
a power plant, said a daily Sep 19. |
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Iran launches Bushehr nuclear power plant
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September
2011
Tehran. Iran held the official opening ceremony
Sep 12 of its first nuclear power plant at
Bushehr that was completed with Russia's assistance.
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US firmly supports NSG clean waiver to India
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June
2011
New Delhi. The United States has allayed India's
concerns over the the new guidelines of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) tightening export
enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technologies,
saying it was "firmly" committed to a "clean
waiver". |
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Pakistani nukes are very safe, says A Q Khan
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June
2011
Islamabad. The Taliban and external forces
cannot seize Pakistan's nuclear weapons because
they are "highly secured" and only a handful
know where they are kept, claims disgraced
nuclear scientist A Q Khan. |
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India going ahead with Nuclear Power projects |
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April
2011
New Delhi. India will go ahead with its mega
nuclear power programmes but with added safety
measures. |
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India to bring new nuclear safety bill in
parliament |
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April
2011
Astana. Alarmed by the nuclear disaster following
a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan,
the Indian government intends to ramp up the
safety norms of its civil atomic plants and
will table two bills on this during the monsoon
session of parliament, an official said Apr
15. |
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India
carrying out safety reviews of n-plants: PM
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March
2011
New Delhi. Against the backdrop of the Fukushima
nuclear power plant tragedy in Japan due to
an earthquake and tsunami, India has embarked
upon a technical review of all safety systems
of its nuclear plants, according to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh. |
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Indian
companies discuss nuclear MoUs with Canada
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February
2011
Ottawa. As India and Canada resume nuclear
ties after 36 years, Indian companies discussed
MoUs with their Canadian counterparts at the
Nuclear Industry Conference and Trade Show
which ended here Feb 25. |
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Track
II initiative led to US backing India for
NSG |
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November
2010
New Delhi. The US decision to support India
for full membership of the top four nuclear
clubs, including the Nuclear Suppliers' Group,
emanated from a Track II initiative that involved
former diplomats and top nuclear experts from
both sides. |
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US
to support India for NSG, to clear banned
Indian entities |
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November
2010
Mumbai. In a move that will be welcomed in
India, US President Barack Obama said Nov
6 that the US will work to reform export laws
as Washington readies to express "in-principle"
support to New Delhi's membership of elite
nuclear clubs like the Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG). |
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US
defence and nuclear deals could touch $ 15
billion |
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November
2010
New Delhi. India is likely to indicate or
announce defence and other deals with the
United States around $ 15 billion during President
Barack Obama’s visit. |
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India
backs UN push for global disarmament |
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September
2010
United Nations. India has strongly backed
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's push for
efforts to rid the world of weapons of mass
destruction with the Conference on Disarmament
(CD) giving it political impetus. |
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India
to host Asian Nuclear Prospects conference
in October |
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September
2010
Chennai. Around 250 nuclear scientists, technologists
and industrialists are expected to participate
in the three-day Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010
conference to be held near here in October,
according to a top official of atomic research
unit here. |
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Pakistan's
n-arsenal prevented war with India: A.Q. Khan
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September
2010
Washington. Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has
prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring
"our survival, our security, and our sovereignty",
besides making the "nation walk with head
held high", boasts A.Q. Khan, the disgraced
scientist considered the father of Islamabad's
clandestine nuclear programme. |
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India,
US reprocessing deal opens n-power market
to US |
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August
2010
Washington. India and the United States have
taken another crucial step in implementing
their landmark civil nuclear deal with the
signing of an agreement on the nuclear fuel
reprocessing arrangements under the accord.
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Conventional
to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
warfare |
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April
2010
New Delhi. It is the constant endeavor of
warring enemies to use new means to gain advantage
over an adversary. |
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What
is meant by Strategic Arms: Protocol to the
new Russian-US START Treaty |
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April
2010
Prague/ Moscow. The new START (Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty) bilateral nuclear arms reduction
treaty between Russia and the United States
was signed by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and
Barack Obama on April 8, 2010 in Prague, the
capital of the Czech Republic. |
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As
fuel supplies resume, India’s nuclear power
output up |
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January
2010
Thiruvananthapuram. India‘s atomic power generation
has gone up 15 percent over the past few months,
following the resumption of fuel supplies
from abroad after the accord with the Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG), a top nuclear scientist
has said. |
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Nuclear
industry grows, but where are the components? |
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January
2010
Chennai. The quick growth of the Indian nuclear
industry is posing new challenges, especially
for the delivery of components for new power
plants, says Srikumar Banerjee, the new chairman
of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). |
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India,
Russia seal civil atomic cooperation, defence
pacts |
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December
2009
Moscow. Visiting India Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
have sealed a “broad based” agreement that
will boost bilateral cooperation between the
countries in the peaceful use of atomic energy.
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No
doubt about India's N-arsenal: Kakodkar |
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December
2009
New Delhi. Seeking to put to rest decisively
any questions about India's nuclear deterrence,
former Atomic Energy Commission chairman
Anil Kakodkar has robustly defended the
1998 nuclear tests, saying they were "perfect",
and has assured the army that it should
be "fully confident" about the nuclear arsenal
at its command.
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Workshop
on Civil Liability in Nuclear Energy Production
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December
2009
Abu Dhabi. The International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) conducted a workshop in Abu
Dhabi on a civil nuclear liability for countries
embarking on nuclear energy program.
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Mao,
Bhutto set terms of secret n-deal, reports
The Washington Post |
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November
2009
Washington. The terms of a secret deal
under which China transferred 50 kg of uranium
to Pakistan in 1982 for making two atomic
bombs were set in a mid-1976 conversation
between Mao Zedong and then Pakistan Prime
Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a leading
US daily has reported.
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World
over-armed, peace under-funded: Ban Ki-moon
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September
2009
Mexico City. Noting that disarmament is
back on the global agenda, UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon has cautioned that the "world
is over-armed and peace is under-funded".
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India
launches its first ballistic missile nuclear
submarine |
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August
2009
On 26th July, 2009 in the presence of Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, his wife, Mrs
Gursharan Kaur, broke the traditional coconut
on the bows of India’s ambitious scientific
naval programme, the 6000 ton nuclear submarine
called by the misnomer an Adavanced Technology
Vessel (ATV) and named it INS Arihant.
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Russia
reforging its nuclear shield |
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December 2008
Moscow. The introduction of the RS-24 Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in 2009 will be
the most important phase in the renewal
of the Russian Strategic Missile Force (SMF)
after the adoption of the Topol-M.
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The
Nuclear Deal and the Hullabaloo |
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October 2008
New Delhi. Now that the nuclear deal is
done, one wonders what the noise was about,
So much passion, such vast amount of energy
and acres of newspaper space was spent on
dissecting the whys of a deal that most
people now say is in everyone’s’ interest.
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Indo-US
Nuclear Deal: Former NSA supports it, saying
India must go ahead |
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June 2008
New Delhi. In a strong endorsement of the
nuclear deal with the US, former National
Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra has said
that not signing it would be a “severe loss
of face” for India.
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Disarm,
or You’ll Destroy The World |
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June 2008
New Delhi. Through an international conference
hosted in New Delhi June 9-10, India sent
a clear, renewed message to the world community
that it must shed its nuclear weapons for
the sake of the present and future generations.
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Stalling
Nuclear Deal Will Be A Historical Mistake |
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February 2008
New Delhi. There is widespread media speculation
on the chances of the India-International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement
being finalized and submitted to the board
of governors. The issue that is being hotly
debated is whether the Left parties will
allow the safeguards agreement to be processed
further by the United Progressive Alliance
(UPA) government when the Indian delegation
concludes the draft agreement with the IAEA.
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Nuclear
Power in Space, Part-I |
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November 2007
Moscow. Solar energy supplies most of
power in spacecraft nowadays.
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Nuclear
Power in Space, Part-II |
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November 2007
Moscow. Nuclear power could greatly contribute
to spacecraft capabilities.The Soviet Union
first developed nuclear powered generators
for spacecraft in the 1960s. Since 1970
it has launched more than 30 military radar
satellites equipped with the Buk unit, which
can generate up to 3 kW of electricity.
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US
firm offers India thorium reactors |
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October 2007
Bangalore. While India is still debating
how to make the Indo-US nuclear deal work,
an American company, anxious to enter the
Indian market, has offered to build commercial
nuclear power reactors in the country.
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