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India to make five small nuclear power reactors operational by 2033 | Akashvani News
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24 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's government aims to deploy five indigenous small modular nuclear reactors by 2033, enabled by the SHANTI Act 2025 which opens the nuclear sector to private participation. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is developing 220MW and 55MW reactor designs.
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India just unlocked its nuclear sector to private players and committed to five operating SMRs by 2033 - that's a guaranteed domestic customer base with government backing. If you build components, cooling systems, or controls for modular reactors, India is now a multi-gigawatt procurement pipeline starting this decade.
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Energy Storage · Clean Energy · small-modular-reactors · nuclear-energy · private-sector-entry · india-infrastructure · decarbonisation