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Indigenous large, small reactors spearhead India's nuclear expansion
Indigenous large, small reactors spearhead India's nuclear expansion
R&D supports advanced nuclear reactors, fuel cycles, and green hydrogen production.
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India eyes opening nuclear power market to private players
This is seen to create various opportunities to fuel nuclear capacity.
ADB and IAEA fuel nuclear energy cooperation
This follows the bank’s move to update its policy to support nuclear projects.
Significant acceleration imperative for India's 100 GW nuclear target
The country has around 20 years to increase its nuclear capacity from 8 GW.
India’s installed nuclear capacity reaches over 8 GW
Around 13 GW are in various stages of development.
Global nuclear capacity to reach nearly 500 GW by 2035
Guess what will drive this increase.
India eyes 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047
This will support net zero goals.
South Korea and Vietnam to resume nuclear energy cooperation
Previous talks were paused.
Fewer countries build new nuclear reactors in 2024
This decreased to 13 countries.
Vietnam PM wants faster development of nuclear capacity
Ninh Thuan nuclear facility will utilise the 2025 contingency fund.
Eyes on nuclear, hybrid power in 2025
There is nuclear resurgence in Japan and Korea, and high battery storage demand in India.
Indonesia leads race to build SMRs in Southeast Asia
The Philippines and Thailand are also pushing the tech but they haven’t made much progress.
Over 70 GW of new nuclear plants underway worldwide
It is expected to reach a new record.
South Korea and US sign deal on nuclear exports and cooperation
This provides a framework to expand civil nuclear power.
Nuclear power remains irrelevant in international market: report
China added only a gigawatt of nuclear capacity in 2023.
India’s second 700-MW nuclear reactor in Kakrapar plant starts full operation
Fourteen other reactors are expected to fully run by 2031-2032.
India assures operational safety of nuclear plants
Nine reactors are under construction.
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