R&D On Green Fuels To Be Jointly Carried Out By India And Denmark
India and Denmark have agreed to initiate joint research and development on green fuels, including green hydrogen, as part of the already adopted Green Strategic Partnership - Action Plan 2020-2025, an official statement was issued.
The India-Denmark Joint Committee discussed national strategic priorities and developments in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) of both countries with a special focus on green solutions of the future-strategy for investments in green research, technology and innovation at the virtual meeting held on January 14, a Science and Technology Ministry statement said.
The committee emphasised on development of bilateral collaboration on mission-driven research, innovation and technology development, including climate and green transition, energy, water, waste, food and so on as agreed by the two Prime Ministers while adopting the Green Strategic Partnership - Action Plan 2020-2025.
Russia Starts Manufacturing Reactor For
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant In Tamil Nadu
Russia’s state atomic energy corporation has started manufacturing the nuclear reactor and steam generators for the sixth unit of Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Rosatom is currently building the 6,000-MW project at Kudankulam, which will have six VVER-1000 nuclear reactors, and is in talks with India to construct six more reactors at a new site that is yet to be identified.
The reactor and steam generator shells for the sixth unit have passed an incoming inspection and are currently in the “initial operations of the manufacturing cycle”, Rosatom said. The total weight of the items is almost 6,000 tonnes.
“The reactor is an item of first safety class. It is a vertical cylindrical body with an elliptical bottom. The core and internals are located inside the vessel,” Rosatom added.
The master framework agreement with Rosatom for the construction of the third and fourth units was signed in 2014, while the engineering division of Rosatom and India’s Atomic Energy Corporation signed the pact for the third stage with the fifth and sixth power units in June 2017.
