Department of Atomic Energy

World’s first helium gas exploration plant coming up at Bakreswar

In a major development Atomic Minerals Directorate (sole explorer of Uranium in India), under the Department of Atomic Energy is collaborating with National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur for world’s first commercial helium gas exploration plant from hot spring site using non-cryogenic PSA technique from Bakreswar in Birbhum, about 230 kilometres from Kolkata as part of Atmanirvar Bharat initiative and stop dependency on costly import from the USA

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17 new reactors are now in pipeline, with 7 under construction: Atomic energy secretary

'Nuclear energy is a source of energy to meet the rising demands of the country and it is an instrument of ease of living in one's day to day life,' said Minister of State for Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh.

Doubt persists in Kudankulam nuclear plant

The NPCIL is building a third reactor of the same type at Kudankulam which saw a year-long violent agitation by an anti-nuclear lobby in 2011- 2012.