DBT Bureau
Bhubaneswar, 28 July 2024
India’s installed nuclear power capacity is set to triple by 2031-32. The current installed nuclear power capacity is expected to increase from 8,180 MW to 22,480 MW by 2031-32, stated Union Minister of State for the Department of Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh, in a written reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha.
Highlighting India’s energy transition to Net Zero by 2070, Minister Jitendra Singh said, “Various studies have projected the need for a national nuclear capacity of the order of 100,000 MW by 2047; recommendations of those studies are being reviewed for possible future adoption.”
Answering questions on the capacity augmentation of nuclear energy, the Union Minister of State for the Department of Atomic Energy emphasized that there has been more than a 70 percent surge in India’s nuclear power capacity in the last 10 years, increasing from 4,780 MW in 2013-14 to 8,180 MW at present. The annual electricity generation from nuclear power plants has also increased from 34,228 million units in 2013-14 to 47,971 million units in 2023-24.
Minister Singh noted that the current installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 8,180 MW, spread across 24 nuclear power reactors. According to the written reply, at present, 21 reactors with a total capacity of 15,300 MW are at various stages of implementation by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
