28th January - 5th February, 2009
 
 
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India-Kazakhstan Sign N-Pact
on Uranium Supply & Mining
India and Kazakhstan signed a significant agreement on the supply of much-needed uranium, the crucial input for this country's ambitious plan to step up nuclear power generation. The pact, one of the five agreements the two countries have inked envisages comprehensive cooperation that includes an invitation by Kazakhstan to India to join in uranium...
     
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NPCIL plans to raise Rs 50,000 cr by '11
Through Tranches, Bonds
 
The State-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), which operates 17 plants with a total capacity of 4,120 MWe, plans to raise Rs 50,000 crore through tranches of tax-free bonds by 2011 to realize its target of 22,000 MWe by 2022, according to a senior government official. The Atomic Energy Commission, the governing body functioning...
     
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Padma Vibhushan for Anil Kakodkar 
Dr Anil Kakodkar, India's foremost nuclear scientist and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-most highest honour on this year's Republic Day. Dr Kakodkar, who is also the Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, was the director of the prestigious Bhabha Atomic Research Centre...
     
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Canada, India Close In On N-Pact 
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding on next-generation reactors for India as the Canadian government closes in on a nuclear co-operation deal with the South Asian nation. It's a watershed moment for Canada, which angrily stopped nuclear co-operation with India in 1974 after the government used plutonium from a Canadian...
     
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NPCIL-Areva Pact Soon to Set Up
2 N-Power Reactors in Maharashtra
The State-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is planning to sign a deal with French energy major Areva to set up two new nuclear power reactors in the country's western State of Maharashtra. NPCIL and Areva had already signed a deal to provide 300 tonnes of uranium for fuel deficient Indian nuclear reactors. This was a result of the recently...
     
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Siemens to Sell Areva NP stake  
German engineering group Siemens plans to sell its stake in Areva NP, the reactor subsidiary of French nuclear power giant Areva, a source close to the matter said recently. Siemens is to sell its 34 percent stake in Areva NP in order to improve its business options within the nuclear energy industry. The Areva group is to take the shares to hold the entire...
     
       
   
 
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