Power companies that intend to submit applications for new nuclear plants

October 13th, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will send a team of top officials Saturday to speed up negotiations with Russia for setting up nuclear power plants. At her cabinet meeting Monday, she asked officials to expedite ongoing negotiations with Moscow for the country's lone power project at Rooppur in Pabna district in northern Bangladesh.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Engineering and Construction major Larsen & Toubro Tuesday said it can build nuclear power plants with generating capacity of 3,000-4,000 MW a year. L&T chairman and manging director A.M.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate a three-day international conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy here Tuesday that will discuss options to contribute in developing a roadmap for the growth of nuclear energy and its peaceful applications. The conference is being organised as part of the year-long programme to mark the birth centenary year of Homi Jehangir Bhabha, who founded the Indian atomic energy programme and also had the distinction of being the president of the first international conference on this subject in Geneva in 1955.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With private companies barred from the country's atomic energy generation industry, the state-run Nuclear Power Corp is signing pacts with two other government firms to fund its new projects, a top company official said Friday. We are going in for public partnership.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With private companies barred from the country's atomic energy generation industry, the state-run Nuclear Power Corp is signing pacts with two other government firms to fund its new projects, a top company official said Friday. "We are going in for public partnership.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - About 37 applications for gas-based power plants with a total capacity of 35,000 MW are pending with the government, a senior power ministry official said Thursday. "About 37 applications for gas-based power plants are pending with the government, the primary reason being non-availability of gas, said Power Secretary H.S.

September 8th, 2009 NRC seeks better leak detection at US nuke plantsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Federal regulators say they're looking for better ways to detect leaks from buried pipes at nuclear power plants.

August 20th, 2009 NRC looks at nuke plant shutdown fund shortfallsBETHESDA, Md. — Federal regulators said Thursday they hope to resolve funding shortfalls with the owners of 26 nuclear plants, who aren't saving enough money to dismantle them when they've run their course.

August 15th, 2009 China fires nuclear power head after investigationBEIJING — The Chinese government fired the head of its nuclear power program after launching an investigation into allegations of corruption, state media said. No reason was given for the dismissal of Kang Rixin, the general manager of China National Nuclear Corporation — the biggest owner of nuclear power plants in China.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has accorded approval for setting up nuclear power plants in Gujarat and Rajasthan with a combined generating capacity of 2,800 MW, parliament was informed Thursday. The plants will be located at Kakrapar in Gujarat and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan and will each have two units of 700 MW each, Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

June 17th, 2009 Costs for closing nuclear plantsCompanies that own nearly half the nation's 104 nuclear reactors aren't setting aside enough money as required by law to dismantle the plants and remove radioactive materials when they stop operating, and many may sit idle for decades at the risk of safety and security problems, according to an Associated Press investigation. The 2009 minimum estimated costs for closing each of the nation's 104 operating nuclear power plants; the 2007 decommissioning fund balances; and the 2009 decommissioning fund balances: Source: Nuclear Regulatory Commission

May 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Diversified conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has signed a pact with the US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to build boiling water reactors for nuclear power plants, the company said Tuesday. L&T had earlier signed similar pacts with Westinghouse Electric of the US, Atomic Energy of Canada and Atomstroyexport of Russia.

April 20th, 2009 China to build 5 nuclear power plants this yearBEIJING — China is planning to build five nuclear power stations this year to reduce the country's reliance on coal and oil, state media reported Monday. The plants will be built in China's eastern provinces of Zhejiang and Shandong, as well as Guangdong and Hainan in the south, the official Xinhua News Agency cited the National Energy Administration as saying.

February 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country's leading power producer NTPC Ltd Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) to jointly produce nuclear power plants. As per the proposal, the power majors will set up a joint venture company in which NPCIL will hold 51 percent stake and NTPC will own the rest, a government statement said.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will have to invest Rs.1.5 trillion in nuclear power plants if it is to meet an ambitious target of generating 63,000 mega watts (MW) from nuclear power by the year 2020, a leading parliamentarian said Monday. 'India would require Rs.1.5 lakh crore (Rs.1.5 trillion) if we are to meet the target of generating 63,000 MW using nuclear power.