even as the need for nuclear power is being debated all over the world, India is planning to build a new series of nuclear power plants as part of a revived atomic energy programme. "In a bid to

India continued to play hard to get at the just concluded Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva. Its stance that the comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) does not impress upon the nuclear powers

nuclear power in Japan received a crushing blow

As if the

In a bid to salvage its run-down nuclear industry, the government is planning to put up its nuclear plants for sale. A debate is raging on in the country about a bill which seeks to privatise two

The cat is out of the bag, finally. The suspicions that had lurked all these years about the safety standards of India's nuclear power plants, have been substantiated by the atomic energy regulatory

..but that is not the end of problems for Ukraine, as answers to important issues' like the future of workers and alternate energy and monetary resources are still to be found

A prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Japan had to be shut down due to sodium leakage last December. This accident has recently raised fundamental questions about Japan's nuclear power

With dangers of nuclear pollution looming large over the world, there is an imminent need for an open debate on pushing nuclear option as an alternative energy source