Nuclear Energy

SHANTI nuclear law opens nuclear power to private companies through licensing and safety authorisations, while keeping strategic functions with the state and reshaping operator and supplier liability

The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum says the SHANTI Act modernises India's civil nuclear regime, opens scope for private and foreign participation, and clarifies liability

India's SHANTI nuclear law aligns liability with global norms, easing investor concerns and opening India's nuclear sector to greater private and foreign investment, says Holtec CEO Kris Singh

SHANTI stands for the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025. Parliament passed the legislation last week

Changes in the provision on operator liabilities can be expected to encourage investment

Govt introduces SHANTI Bill in Parliament after amending provisions dealing with thorny issues

The SHANTI 2025 proposes a new legal framework to govern the production, use and regulation of nuclear energy and ionising radiation in India

India's goal is to boost its installed nuclear-power capacity to 100 Gw from the current 8.8 Gw by 2047

India's nuclear ambitions hinge on accelerating capacity growth to meet its 100-GW target by 2047, even as policy reforms gather pace and global peers stay far ahead

PM Modi's remarks come ahead of Parliament's winter session, where the Centre has listed the 'Atomic Energy Bill, 2025', which seeks to open up India's civil nuclear power sector to private players

The global momentum for nuclear energy is gathering steam amid a push for net zero. India too has drawn up plans, but it has to deal with several tasks, including rolling out legislative reforms

Ukraine's nuclear energy company said on Tuesday its operations are unaffected by a major graft investigation into the country's power sector that is centred on alleged kickbacks worth some USD 100 million. Energoatom, a state-owned enterprise which generates more than half of Ukraine's energy supply, said in a statement that the probe by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau has not disrupted production or operational safety. Its assurances came a day after the agency revealed some details of a 15-month investigation into suspected corruption in the energy sector, including at Energoatom. Large amounts of Ukrainian and foreign funds have flowed into the energy sector as infrastructure is repeatedly repaired following relentless Russian aerial attacks. Ukraine's Energy Ministry said on Tuesday that Russia attacked energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv, Odesa and Donetsk regions overnight and that scheduled power outages were in place in most regions of Ukraine. The Anti-Corruption Bur

A government panel says India needs Rs 19 trillion investment, policy clarity, and private participation to reach its 2047 target of 100 GW nuclear capacity

India's energy future hinges on decarbonising electricity first, boosting oil and gas exploration, and weighing nuclear SMRs against cheaper renewables

The panel also highlighted the need for a precise definition of "supplier" in nuclear energy projects, to clarify that vendors providing trivial items would not fall under this definition

It has recommended using existing sites and retiring thermal plant locations for new nuclear projects

China plans to repurpose retiring coal plants into nuclear stations under a C2N strategy led by CEEC, deploying advanced reactors to cut costs and accelerate decarbonisation

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities. The announcement followed a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. No further details were provided about the agreement, but Grossi said at a joint news conference after the signing that it was technical in nature and highlighted the indispensable inspection work that needs to resume in Iran under the treaty of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. It's a step in the right direction," Grossi said. The Egyptian foreign ministry, meanwhile, said the agreement followed intensive diplomatic efforts by that county. And Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi noted Tuesday that the IAEA plays a major role in supporting nuclear non-proliferation provisions, while

Construction work has intensified on a major new structure at a facility key to Israel's long-suspected atomic weapons programme, according to satellite images analysed by experts. They say it could be a new reactor or a facility to assemble nuclear arms but secrecy shrouding the programme makes it difficult to know for sure. The work at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Centre near the city of Dimona will renew questions about Israel's widely believed status as the Mideast's only nuclear-armed state. It could also draw international criticism, especially since it comes after Israel and the United States bombed nuclear sites across Iran in June over their fears that the Islamic Republic could use its enrichment facilities to pursue an atomic weapon. Among the sites attacked was Iran's heavy water reactor at Arak. Seven experts who examined the images all said they believed the construction was related to Israel's long-suspected nuclear weapons program, given its proximity to

US, India deepen energy ties with focus on critical minerals, nuclear reactors, oil, gas, and smart energy solutions to strengthen long-term energy security