Overview
- New government statements confirm a Nuclear Energy Mission aiming for roughly 100 GW of capacity by 2047 with an interim rise to about 22 GW by 2031–32.
- NPCIL expects to deliver about 54 GW of the 2047 total through indigenous PHWRs and reactors built with foreign cooperation.
- BHAVINI is commissioning the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, with approval granted for pre‑project work on two additional 500 MWe fast breeder units at the site.
- BARC is developing small modular reactors — the 200 MWe BSMR‑200 and 55 MWe SMR‑55 — and NPCIL has issued an RFP for industry deployment of 220‑MW PHWR‑based Bharat Small Reactors as captive plants.
- Officials say environmental and social impact assessments will precede the new FBR projects and outreach is underway, while characterizing nuclear power as a clean 24x7 source aligned with the 2070 Net Zero target.