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Nuclear energy mission 2025
February 10 , 2025
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- The Nuclear Energy Mission is poised to accelerate nuclear power development, positioning India as a global leader in advanced nuclear technology by 2047.
- Development of at least 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047 is essential for our energy transition efforts.
- For an active partnership with the private sector towards this goal, amendments to the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act will be taken up.
- A Nuclear Energy Mission for research & development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) with an outlay of INR 20,000 crore will be set up.
- At least 5 indigenously developed SMRs will be operationalized by 2033.
- The Atomic Energy Act of 1962 prohibits the private control of nuclear power generation in India.
- Only two government-owned enterprises - NPCIL and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited are legally allowed to own and operate nuclear power plants in India.
- The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010 places responsibility for any nuclear accident with the plant operator and limits total operator liability.
- But it allows the operator to have legal recourse to the reactor supplier, with no limit on supplier liability.
- India is already working to expand its nuclear capacity from 8180 MW today to 22,480 MW by 2031-2032.
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