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US Nuclear Reactors in India
April 7 , 2025
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- The US Department of Energy granted Holtec International a critical regulatory approval, to transfer small modular reactor (SMR) technology to India.
- The deal is under the restrictive regulations of the US, ‘10CFR810’, with the approval being valid for 10 years and will be re-evaluated every five years.
- The India-US Civil Nuclear Agreement, also known as the 123 Agreement, was signed in August 2007 by then PM Manmohan Singh and Bush.
- It aimed at enable full civil nuclear energy cooperation between the two nations.
- Currently, India has 22 operating reactors, with an installed capacity of 6780 MWe.
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