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India advances small reactor plans, targets five nuclear units by 2033
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22 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is advancing indigenous small modular reactor designs, targeting five operational units by 2033 as part of a push to expand nuclear capacity to 100 GW by 2047. The government has approved Tarapur, Maharashtra as the site for 220 MW and 55 MW reactor projects, with state and private operators including NTPC, Adani, Tata Power and Reliance now competing for a share of the expanding sector.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
India just opened nuclear to private operators and now has a concrete timeline and location for five small reactors by 2033—if you build components for nuclear, the supply chain for these units is being locked in now, and the first buyer list (NTPC, Adani, Reliance) is already public.
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Clean Energy · Energy Storage · nuclear-expansion · smr-deployment · clean-energy · market-opening · india-infrastructure