Chinese scientists achieved a breakthrough in clean energy technology by adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium reactor.

What if the next big thing in nuclear energy was a dusty old idea from the Cold War era? Once considered to power nuclear ...

This publication presents a collection of current practices of fuel acceptance criteria used in States with operating pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) and provides the technical justification ...

Heavy Water Reactors (HWRs ... testing and construction of small modular, factory-built integral pressurized water reactors. While a number of advanced WCRs are currently under construction and ...

China launches the world's first operational thorium reactor, while India accelerates its own thorium-powered nuclear ...

India's first prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu is set to be commissioned next year. This marks a significant step ...

Darlington, already home to an atomic power plant undergoing refurbishment to extend the life of four pressurized heavy-water fission reactors, has long been earmarked for new nuclear development.

NPCIL is garnering interest from other central PSUs like Indian Oil Corporation and Indian Railways for joint nuclear power ...

The very first stage of the nuclear program makes use of natural uranium to fuel the Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors to generate electricity. As a by-product, Plutonium-239 would be produced.