Dear Reader, Greetings from Asian Nuclear Energy e-Zine. The 11/26 Mumbai terrorist attacks have drastically altered the very perception of India's security concerns. The terrorists, as established by evidence, had come by sea. What if, in future they come by air and crash a plane on an atomic reactor or power plant, taking a leaf...

India's nuclear establishment has tightened security at its various atomic reactors and power plants across the country, in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai in which nearly 200 people were killed. According to Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar, the security of the nuclear power plants across the country is being reviewed...

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. for cooperation in uranium exploration and development. The MoU was signed in New Delhi by ONGC Chairman and Managing Director R. S. Sharma and UCIL Chairman and Managing Director Ramendra Gupta, in the...

Russia is offering a 30 percent discount on the $2-billion price tag for each of its new nuclear reactors under discussions for sale to India. Much of the equipment and components for the reactors are proposed to be manufactured in India. Russians are also open to depute its nuclear fuel firm, TVEL Corporation, to deliver uranium not just to the Russian-built...

State-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), is planning to establish 'nuclear parks' and four to five sites have been identified, mainly in the coastal areas of the country, including Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. A cluster of 1,000 MW nuclear power plants would be located in the proposed parks, said NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director...

J.M. Bernhard Jr., Chairman, Shaw Group, has called for a national commitment to build up to 50 nuclear power plants by 2030 in the United States. Bernhard Jr, who is also President and Chief Executive Officer of the Group, told a gathering of power industry leaders that the jobs, clean electricity and energy independence created by a "nuclear renaissance"...

French energy firm Areva, the world's largest nuclear power company, has signed an agreement with state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to supply about 300 tonnes of uranium annually. This is the first major nuclear fuel supply agreement by the Indian firm after the approval of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal earlier this year. The fuel is...

The nuclear deal with the United States is progressing well and at present the fuel support guarantee has to be converted into contracts, according to Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. "We are making sure that each stage is right and are talking to all possible vendors," he told journalists...

Westinghouse will provide services and support to First Energy Nuclear Operating Co's (Fenoc's) fleet of nuclear power reactors in the United States under a new agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Westinghouse's services will range from large component replacement and engineering services to outage support and spare parts supply...

China Knowledge reported that China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group has set up a joint venture in eastern China's Anhui province for the construction of the country's first inland nuclear power plant. According to report, the joint venture called Anhui Wuhu Nuclear Power Co will be responsible for the preparation, construction and operation of the first...