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Sumant Sinha: Nuclear energy is a crucial piece in the puzzle of climate action

adminApril 13, 202509 mins

But is this the sole driver of renewed interest in this 70-year-old technology? What has changed—and what role might nuclear play in the world’s energy transition? Also Read: Trump’s global shake-up could spell climate opportunities for India A technology of peaks and pauses: Nuclear electricity first connected to the grid in 1954 in the erstwhile…

Budget 2024: What are ‘Bharat Small Reactors’ and small modular reactors?

adminJuly 23, 202404 mins

Three broad types of nuclear reactors to generate electricity. | Photo Credit: A. Vargas/IAEA While Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman singled out small nuclear reactors for special mention in her Budget speech, these devices have been gaining favour around the world as countries have been faced with roadblocks to utilising renewable energy better and found fossil…