Power
Rio Tinto assumes control of Riversdale Mining
08 Apr 2011
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto today acquired a majority interest in Riversdale Mining Limited, taking control of significant tier one coking coal projects
TEPCO pumps nitrogen into reactor to avert blast
07 Apr 2011
GE to build largest solar panel plant in US
07 Apr 2011
The plant, using the cadmium-telluride technology, will have an annual capacity to produce solar panels capable of generating 400 megawatts of electric power.
Tokyo Electric shares plunge to new low
06 Apr 2011
BHEL set to buy Germany’s AE&E Lentjes: report
05 Apr 2011
Direct steam generation, storage provides better performance for solar thermal power plants
02 Apr 2011
Sarkozy, Kan call for stronger checks on nuclear safety
01 Apr 2011
Sarkozy, the first foreign leader to visit Japan after the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, has called for a meeting among nuclear safety agencies from G20 member states.
Too late to stop Okhla-Timarpur project despite lacunae: Ramesh
01 Apr 2011
The waste-to-energy plant will incinerate municipal solid waste to produce electricity, and in the process, the fumes it will emit will contain toxic gases dioxin and furan, exposure to which causes cancer
Japan may scrap entire Fukushima nuclear complex
30 Mar 2011
The future of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plants may well be sealed with government officials suggesting that the entire complex of six nuclear reactors requires decommissioning.
Fukushima radioactivity reaches UK
30 Mar 2011
China may double target for solar power capacity
30 Mar 2011
China may double the target set for power generated from solar energy over the next five years in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Chastened China may reduce n-power target by 10 gigawatts
29 Mar 2011
In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, China may pull back its ambitious civil nuclear programme, stressing safety instead of rapid development, and reduce n-power generation plans by about 10 gigawatts.
Reactor may be leaking radioactive substances into the environment
28 Mar 2011
Utility TEPCO said Monday that a pool of water lying in the basement of the No 2 reactor at the Fukushima complex may have leaked radioactive substances into the environment, including the sea.
Work on to remove radioactive water at Fukushima n-plants
28 Mar 2011
Fukushima plant operator, TEPCO, said early Monday that radiation at the pool of collected water at the No 2 reactor was 100,000 times higher than usual, correcting its earlier statement that it was 10 million times higher.
Radioactive Iodine levels spike to 1,250 times normal at Fukushima nuclear plant
26 Mar 2011
The measurements also reveal that high levels of cesium in samples taken outside the discharge canal for the Nos 1,2, 3 and 4 reactors at the plant.
Highly radiated water next obstacle at Fukushima; workers burned
25 Mar 2011
The Japanese government said Friday that highly radiated water at one unit of the Fukushima complex may have originated from the reactor core but the reactor vessel may not be damaged.
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