India has failed to meet its nuclear power generation targets, and cites the reasons for this as a lack of nuclear fuel available in the country, and delays in constructing and commissioning nuclear power plants, including first-of-a-kind plants and the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. Eight of India's operating nuclear power...
90 percent of New Nuclear Energy Capacity will arise in India, China
According to the International Energy Agency, nuclear power production will grow by 46 percent by 2040 — and more than 90 percent of the net increase will come from India and China which are among the top consumers of energy in the world. Agneta Rising, the director general of the...
India's Plans to Install 21 Nuclear Plants by 2030
Speaking at the 62nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted by Austria on September 19, the outgoing Atomic Energy Department Secretary Dr. Sekhar Basu recounted India's progress in the nuclear energy sector. Key highlights of Basu's speech: Basu said, "During the last general conference we talked about...