Jimmy Carter formed the Department of Energy, opposed a major Oak Ridge nuclear project and responded to Three Mile Island.

Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they’ll still need to overcome ...

Reviving a decades-old mothballed plant at Bataan would fast track adoption of nuclear, but concerns about safety and ...

Chidambaram played a key role in India’s first nuclear test at Pokhran in 1974 and led the team from the Department of Atomic ...

As erudite as he was, one of the first things Manmohan Singh did after he became prime minister in 2004 was to ask Dr Anil ...

Eminent physicist R Chidambaram was honoured with prestigious accolades, including the Padma Shri in 1975 and the Padma ...

Dr. Chidambaram, who was also associated with the nuclear weapons programme, breathed his last at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai, a Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) official said.

He headed the nuclear component of the 1998 Operation Shakti at Pokhran, making him one of the rare atomic scientists who ...

As erudite as he was, one of the first things Manmohan Singh did after he became prime minister in 2004 was to ask Dr Anil Kakodkar, then chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, for a “primer” on ...

Chidambaram was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) when India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Atal ...

Renowned physicist Rajagopala Chidambaram, pivotal in India's nuclear tests, passed away at 88. His leadership in science and ...