John Dyer

2 days ago | sightlineu3o8.com | John Dyer

India’s first prototype-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam is set to be commissioned next year marking the second stage of India’s three-stage nuclear programme aiming to recycle spent fuel to reduce the inventory of radioactive waste. According to officials, this comes nearly two years after the nuclear regulator’s nod. The first of its kind nuclear reactor is being developed in Kalpakkam to use plutonium-based mixed oxide as fuel and liquid sodium as coolant.

3 days ago | sightlineu3o8.com | John Dyer

Your comments on India’s nuclear energy scenario roadmap. Nuclear power is clean and environment friendly, apart from having an enormous potential to ensure the country’s long-term energy security. A large nuclear power expansion programme is therefore under implementation. Today, we have 25 operational nuclear power reactors in the country contributing about 9 GW of clean power to the national grid. About 17 reactors are presently under various stages of implementation in the country.

3 days ago | sightlineu3o8.com | John Dyer

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it plans to start producing clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibaraki Prefecture close to Tokyo by 2028. The agency said it sought authorization to do so on March 27 from the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The project would mark the world’s first use of a nuclear reactor to produce hydrogen.

6 days ago | sightlineu3o8.com | John Dyer

A recent flurry of activity around nuclear energy—driven by an upsurge of interest and incipient investment from technology companies anxious to find enough power for AI—points toward a potential renaissance, both in the United States and around the world. We’ve been here before, of course: nuclear power has experienced similar periods of optimism since its inception in the 1950s.

6 days ago | sightlineu3o8.com | John Dyer

India is preparing to amend its nuclear liability legislation to cap accident-related penalties for equipment suppliers, in a bid to revive stalled foreign investment in its nuclear sector, particularly from US firms. According to three government sources cited by Reuters, the proposed changes would remove a key clause in the 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act that exposes suppliers to unlimited liability in the event of an accident.