Nuclear Energy Mission For Viksit Bharat

Aim: To enhance domestic nuclear capabilities, promote private sector participation, and deploy advanced nuclear technologies.
Funding: The Union Budget 2025-26 has allocated ₹20,000 crore for R&D in Small Modular Reactors, targeting at least five indigenously designed operational SMRs by 2033.
- Target: India has targeted 100 GW nuclear power capacity by 2047
Private Sector Entry: The government plans to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1962 and the The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act to facilitate the entry of the private sector in nuclear energy with the motive of,
- Setting up Bharat Small Reactors,
- Research & development of Bharat Small Modular Reactor, and
- Research & development of newer technologies for nuclear energy.

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs):

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MW (e) per unit, which is about one-third of the generating capacity of traditional nuclear power reactors. SMRs, which can produce a large amount of low-carbon electricity, are:
- Small: Physically a fraction of the size of a conventional nuclear power reactor.
- Modular: Making it possible for systems and components to be factory-assembled and transported as a unit to a location for installation.
- Reactors: Harnessing nuclear fission to generate heat to produce energy.