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With plans to commission 20 plants, India looks to tap nuclear power faster

India has historically taken more than a decade to get plants in action, shows a Business Standard analysis

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2 min read Last Updated : Jan 27 2023 | 11:21 PM IST

Recent government announcements on accelerating the use of nuclear power in India suggests a significant increase in the pace.

Earlier in January, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that public sector companies would be roped in to help build plants. Plans are afoot to commission at least 20 nuclear power plants by 2031, according to a December Lok Sabha reply.

India has historically taken more than a decade to get plants in action, shows a Business Standard analysis of data from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The median construction time for nuclear plants — which is the average construction time taken from the first pouring of concrete for the construction of the plant to the time it connects to the grid — in India is 14.2 years. In comparison, it takes 5.7 years to connect a plant to the grid in China (see chart 1).