India’s efforts to enhance safety of its nuclear power plants were lauded by member-states of the Convention on Nuclear Safety at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency officials reports Business Standard. According to R. Bhattacharya, secretary of the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, the Vienna Declaration calls for enhancements in designing and constructing nuclear power plants to prevent accidents as well as mitigate possible radioactivity releases, should an accident occur, and avoid early and large radioactivity releases. It also calls for systematic and periodic safety assessments of plants.
The safety measures implemented by India include three layers of power backups, water supply from off-site locations, elevated water towers and implementing options to inject nitrogen to prevent explosions.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
