India and Russia signed the General Framework Agreement and Credit protocol for Units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., and Russia’s Atomstroyexport, a subsidiary of Rosatom, will build the reactors. Each of the two...
Modi’s "ambitious vision" for Nuclear Energy
Indian Prime Minister Modi and Russian President Putin signed an agreement whereby Russia plans to build a number of new nuclear power plants in India, cooperate in the joint extraction of uranium and in the production of nuclear fuel and waste elimination. Modi said that the two countries had set...
Putin’s India Visit Focuses on Nuclear Projects and Energy
India wants to expand its nuclear-generation capacity to 20 gigawatts by 2020, (from five gigawatts currently) and Russia will help India build at least 10 more nuclear reactors. Prime Minister Modi said that the two countries had outlined an "ambitious vision" for nuclear energy during the talks and that the...