• Construction of Second Nuclear Submarine Begins in Visakhapatnam, India Construction of India's second nuclear submarine has begun at a classified facility in Visakhapatnam. This has been reported by local newspapers and television news channels. This project was launched just 24 months after India's ..
• Nuclear Forensics Laboratory Proposed in India Indian government scientists have drafted a proposal to construct a national nuclear forensic laboratory as part of international efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism, DNA India reported on Sunday (see GSN, Nov. 8, 2010). Th..
• Pakistan Constructing Fourth Nuclear Reactor at Khushab, Punjab Province Pakistan has started construction of its fourth nuclear reactor at Khushab in Punjab province, signaling its ambitious effort to modernise and expand their nuclear arsenal. Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said that t..
• Pakistan Tests Babur Hatf-7 Nuclear Capable Cruise Missile Pakistan test fired nuclear-capable Hatf-7 cruise missile with a range of 600 km that can hit targets in North, West and Central India. The test of the so called indigenously developed missile was "part of a process of validating the s..
• India, Japan Close to Sealing Nuclear Deal; Mitsubishi, Hitachi Potential Bidders India and Japan are close to finalizing a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama said in New Delhi on Monday. "India and Japan have come to a stage of concluding the nuclear cooperation agree..
• French Company Areva to Set Up Nuclear Power Plant in Maharashtra The Jaitapur nuclear power project to be set up in collaboration with a French firm in Maharashtra today received clearance from the Environment Ministry here. The green signal for the 9,900 MW project, came in 80 days from the day NPC subm..
• France, Russia Look Towards India for Nuclear Collaboration France and Russia are among several other countries which are looking towards collaborating with India on nuclear power for global markets, principal scientific adviser to the government, R Chidambaram said today. As a result of the Indo-US..
• 500MW Fast Breeder Reactor Prototype to be Ready by First Quarter of 2012 The import a series of light water reactors (LWR) notwithstanding, India is committed to a three-stage nuclear programme and fast breeder reactors are important for its energy security, Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithivir..
• United States looks to Resolve Nuclear Liabilities Clause with India The United States said Monday that it hoped to reach a solution with India on a law regulating its nuclear energy market after business leaders charged that it would deter investment. The issue arose during talks in New York between US Secr..
• India Offers Small-Mid Sized Nuclear Reactors for Sale India is poised to become a global player in the nuclear industry business by offering a variety of options to countries requiring cost-competitive and proven technology like pressurized heavy water reactors (PWHR), a top official said Wedn..
• U.S. Nuclear Weapons Have Been Compromised by Unidentified Aerial Objects Witness testimony from more than 120 former or retired military personnel points to an ongoing and alarming intervention by unidentified aerial objects at nuclear weapons sites, as recently as 2003. In some cases, several nuclear missil..
• Kalpakkam Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor to Achieve Fourth Milestone The Rs.5,600 crore ($1.25 billion) prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) under construction at Kalpakkam, around 80 km from here, is expected to get its fourth critical component, the inner vessel, this week. The sodium cooled fast react..
• Strategic Command to Acquire 40 Nuclear Capable Fighter Jets - PTI With an aim of increasing its lethal power, India's tri-services strike force is planning to acquire 40 fighter planes capable of delivering nuclear weapons. The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) has submitted a proposal to the Defence Mi..
• India Building Nuclear Steam Reactors for Submarines Work is in progress on India's nuclear steam reactors for its first nuclear powered submarine, Srikumar Banerjee, head of the country's Atomic Energy Commission, said. Last year, India floated out its nuclear-powered submarine,..
• GE, Westinghouse Electric to Build Nuclear Plants in India The Financial Express reports that the General Electric and Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric could be the first overseas suppliers of nuclear plants and services. Estimated $200-250 billion business that India can offer to overseas ..
• India to Lease K-152 Nerpa Nuclear Submarine from Russia Later in 2009 Russia's Akula class nuclear-powered attack submarine "Nerpa" will be inducted by the Russian Navy after pre-delivery trials are completed this summer, prior to its formal lease to India later this year. "Immediately after the compl..
• Pakistan Expanding Nuclear Weapons Programme: Institute for Science and International Security Pakistan is moving towards a nuclear weapons program that is more destructive and deliverable, a US think tank said today."Pakistan is likely supplementing or replacing its current uranium-based nuclear weapon arsenal with plutonium-ba..
• United States Clueless About Pakistani Nukes United States Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta says that while the CIA has been scrupulously tracking the whereabouts of Pakistan's nuclear weapons arsenal, it has no intelligence about where they are dispersed. In ..
• United States, India Working Closely on Pakistani Nuclear Security: Stratfor The US works "very closely" with India on the issue of Pakistan's nuclear security, an American think-tank said Wednesday. "New Delhi is a key source of intelligence on the status of that security, and a good - albeit imperfect - me..
• Russia to Deliver Akula-II Nuclear Submarines by 2009-end India is all set to get its first new generation Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine by the year end, which would bolster the Navy's undersea capability manifold. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered the delivery of th..