Kaiga

With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka's Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 'fleet mode' nuclear reactors over the next three years.

In a major accomplishment for India's Department of Atomic Energy, the 220 MW nuclear reactor at Kaiga in Karnataka has completed a continuous run of 941 days to become the world's longest running reactor without a shutdown in this marathon run. The earlier record of 940 days of continuous operation was held by a British reactor called Heysham-2, ...

Suspected Boko Haram militants struck two villages today in the Lake Chad area, killing at least two soldiers and injuring 11 citizens, Chad's government and military sources said.

On Saturday, a smoke detector went off at one of the four Indian built nuclear reactors at the Kaiga Nuclear Power Station in Karnataka causing immediate shutdown of the unit."There was spurious fire alarm, from the inaccessible area where without shutdown entry cannot be made. No abnormality was found," said J P Gupta, Director, Kaiga Nuclear plan...

A nuclear power reactor at the Kaiga Generating Station (KGS) here was shut down after a smoke detection alarm went off yesterday.     A smoke detection alarm appeared in the control room of Unit 3 yesterday around 4.30 a.m. following which the 220 MWe nuclear power plant was shut down, the Nuclear Power Corporation said in a st...

India today crossed an important bridge when the 20th nuclear reactor of the country was commissioned at Kaiga. Loud applause and smiles as India's latest nuclear reactor became operational. It runs only on domestic fuel and will produce both electricity and strategic material for the nuclear weapons program. "Today Kaiga unit-4 attained the first ...

A day after reports of radiation exposure at the Karnataka nuclear plant, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reassured that there was nothing to worry about.

Nuclear officials are trying to calm fears about a possible radiation leak after an accident at an atomic plant in Karnataka.

Police officials say this was the second time the scientist had gone missing.

The body was found near the Kaiga dam in the river Kaali. The family has indentified the body.

The frantic search continues but no clues have been found about his whereabouts so far.

With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka's Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 'fleet mode' nuclear reactors over the next three years.

In a major accomplishment for India's Department of Atomic Energy, the 220 MW nuclear reactor at Kaiga in Karnataka has completed a continuous run of 941 days to become the world's longest running reactor without a shutdown in this marathon run. The earlier record of 940 days of continuous operation was held by a British reactor called Heysham-2, ...

Suspected Boko Haram militants struck two villages today in the Lake Chad area, killing at least two soldiers and injuring 11 citizens, Chad's government and military sources said.

On Saturday, a smoke detector went off at one of the four Indian built nuclear reactors at the Kaiga Nuclear Power Station in Karnataka causing immediate shutdown of the unit."There was spurious fire alarm, from the inaccessible area where without shutdown entry cannot be made. No abnormality was found," said J P Gupta, Director, Kaiga Nuclear plan...

A nuclear power reactor at the Kaiga Generating Station (KGS) here was shut down after a smoke detection alarm went off yesterday.     A smoke detection alarm appeared in the control room of Unit 3 yesterday around 4.30 a.m. following which the 220 MWe nuclear power plant was shut down, the Nuclear Power Corporation said in a st...

India today crossed an important bridge when the 20th nuclear reactor of the country was commissioned at Kaiga. Loud applause and smiles as India's latest nuclear reactor became operational. It runs only on domestic fuel and will produce both electricity and strategic material for the nuclear weapons program. "Today Kaiga unit-4 attained the first ...

A day after reports of radiation exposure at the Karnataka nuclear plant, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reassured that there was nothing to worry about.

Nuclear officials are trying to calm fears about a possible radiation leak after an accident at an atomic plant in Karnataka.

Police officials say this was the second time the scientist had gone missing.

The body was found near the Kaiga dam in the river Kaali. The family has indentified the body.

The frantic search continues but no clues have been found about his whereabouts so far.