India ranks eighth in the world in the Nuclear Power. 23 reactors are working. The government is now considering allowing private companies to enter uranium mining and nuclear power generation. A target of 100 Giga Watt capacity by 2047 is a target.
Nuclear power: In a speech on the occasion of Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken about increasing India’s nuclear power capacity by 10 times. Currently, India is among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of electricity from nuclear power. India has big opportunities to work in this field. South Korea, Canada and Japan are ahead of India in terms of nuclear power. At the same time, talking about the top countries, America is first and China is second. Russia’s number is third.
Top 10 countries with nuclear power
The World Population Review has given a list of nuclear power -making countries by 2024. According to this, India is at number eight.
| Country | Nuclear reactor | Total electricity atoms Energy share |
| America | 94 | 18.2% |
| China | 57 | 4.7% |
| France | 57 | 67.3% |
| Russia | 37 | 17.8% |
| Canada | 19 | 13.4% |
| Spain | 7 | 19.9% |
| India | 23 | 3.3% |
| Sweden | 6 | 29.1% |
| UK | 9 | 12.3% |
23 nuclear reactors working in India
Electricity is being made from 23 nuclear reactors in India. 10 new reactors are being installed. On their operation, there will be a big increase in power generation from nuclear power. Nuclear power in India is currently being prepared by government institutions. The government is considering allowing private participation in the region. According to the report of The Economic Times, the government is working on rules that can open nuclear power production to private companies. India has to import uranium for its need. The government is planning to open uranium mining sector for private sector.
News agency Reuters has reported that according to official government data, India has an estimated 76,000 tonnes of uranium. This is sufficient for 10,000 MW nuclear power generation for 30 years. Domestic resources will be able to meet 25% of India’s uranium needs, the rest will have to be imported. India currently has a capacity to generate electricity from nuclear power around 8.8 gigawatts. It is expected to increase to 22 GW by 2032. The target is to make it 100 Giga Watt by 2047.