India looks at nuclear answer to coal crisis

India’s new prime minister is turning to nuclear energy to ease a power crisis made worse by the cancellation of hundreds of coal mining permits, but he faces scepticism both at home and abroad.

Final straw? Zuma personally took control of nuclear deal – report

The haste with which South Africa’s Government has back pedaled on the proposed $50bn nuclear deal with Russia’s Rosatom has been matched only by the uproar created by the initial announcement. Whatever happens next, the nuclear lobby is now very much on the back foot with suggestions that before any decision is made there is a re-think … Read more

Nuclear deal ‘has the hallmarks of the corrupt arms deal’

The recently announced deal struck with Russia for the supply of nuclear power plants “has all the hallmarks of the corrupt arms deal”, the Right2Know Campaign said on Friday. “The US50 billion deal is estimated to cost the country 20 times the arms deal, and this price is bound to go up once contracting is … Read more