India is targeting nuclear power capacity of 100 GW by 2047 with new nuclear plants to be planned across greenfield and brownfield sites and small modular reactors (SMRs) rolled out for off-grid locations in remote areas.
Jitendra Singh, minister for science and technology and earth sciences, said in a written statement to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral parliament, that the plan positions nuclear energy as a critical driver towards India’s net-zero emissions goal by 2070.
He said India’s Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is designing and developing three types of SMR for demonstration.