#UnionBudget2025 A Nuclear Nudge
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the development of at least 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047. Nuclear Energy Mission for research and development of small modular reactors with Rs 20,000 crore outlay to be set up and five small modular reactors to be operationalised by 2033.
For active partnership with private sector, amendments to Atomic Energy Act and Civil Liability to Nuclear Energy Act will be taken up, Sitharaman said.