India And US Regulators Meet As Countries Plan Ambitious Nuclear Programmes

New Delhi and Washington officials discuss potential of new and advanced reactors

India And US Regulators Meet As Countries Plan Ambitious Nuclear Programmes
India wants to expand its nuclear power generation capacity to at least 100 GW by 2047, up from around 8 GW today. Photo: the Kudankulam nuclear power station in southern India. Courtesy IAEA.

Nuclear regulators from India and the US haven met to strengthen cooperation on nuclear safety and regulation as both nations look to press ahead with ambitious plans to expand nuclear power capacity and roll out next-generation reactors.

India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) said in a statement on 12 August that it held a bilateral technical meeting with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

The meeting comes as India seeks to expand its nuclear power generation capacity to at least 100 GW by 2047, up from around 8 GW today.

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