Two indigenously built power plants of 700-700 MW each will be dedicated to the country at Aya Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Mandvi tehsil of Surat district.
Russia's Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, visited the construction sites of Units 3-6 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
On his visit to Russia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar signed three documents relating to the Kudan Kulam Nuclear Power Plants, an MoU on cooperation in pharmaceuticals and healthcare and a Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday said Japan will continue urging China to lift its import ban on Japanese seafood following the oceanic discharge of treated radioactive water from a nuclear power plant. Kishida called for a "cool-headed," science-based judgment on the issue, K
China continues to ban all seafood imports from Japan, maintaining its de facto economic sanctions against the country as it intends to use the wastewater as a bargaining chip to gain the upper hand over Japan. The ban was imposed following the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushim
He said, “Russia continues to engage in reckless nuclear rattling, announcing that it's stationing nuclear weapons in Belarus. And continuing to use Europe's biggest nuclear power plant and its employees as a shield for its aggression, risking catastrophic consequences.”
A former senior UN official has said Japan should take China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Beijing's decision to ban imports of Japanese fishery products following the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Kyodo News reported.
Japan argued that China's import suspension is "totally unacceptable," adding that Tokyo will continue to ask Beijing to "immediately repeal its measure.”
Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil said that with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support, inspiration and hard work of the country's scientists and engineers, the indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant in Gujarat has started its operations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the starting of operations at India's first indigenously developed 700-megawatt electric (MWe) nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat on Thursday and called it "another milestone" in the country's progress.