Overview
- Gujarat has granted in-principle approval for a site as Andhra Pradesh nears a nod, with advanced land and water talks also underway in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and evaluations continuing in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar across roughly 35–36 prospects.
- Officials say assured water commitments from states are a key requirement, with final Cabinet Committee on Security clearance typically taking about two years after initial state approvals.
- NTPC has signed non-disclosure agreements with Rosatom and EDF to assess deployment of large pressurised water reactors in India.
- The company is exploring potential small modular reactor projects with Holtec, though one power ministry official said the current plan prioritises PHWR and PWR technologies.
- NTPC is targeting about 2 GW of nuclear capacity by around 2032 on a path to roughly 30 GW by 2047, and is evaluating a minority equity stake in US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy, whose ANEEL fuel is designed for PHWR/CANDU reactors.