PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
Presently, there are 24 nuclear power plants (excluding RAPS-1) in commercial operation in the country with a total capacity of 8,780 MW. Details of commercial nuclear energy produced during last five years as below:
Year
Electricity Generation (Million Units)
2024-2025
56681
2023-2024
47971
2022-2023
45855
2021-2022
47112
2020-2021
43029
The Government has announced a Nuclear Energy Mission to reach a capacity of 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047 and formulated a roadmap for the same. The Government has also enacted the SHANTI Act to enable wider participation of private sector in nuclear power towards the accomplishment of the Nuclear Energy Mission.