✅India currently operates 22 nuclear reactors, with a total capacity of more than 6.7GW.
Besides these 22 reactors, the Indian government is currently building 8 reactors with 3 proposed (total 11), with a total capacity of 8.7GW.
✅The public sector entity, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), is responsible for designing, building, commissioning and operating nuclear power reactors in the country.
✅NPCIL operates under the Indian government’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
✅In 2021, about 3.2 percent of the domestic production of electricity in India was derived from nuclear energy.
✅Following thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources and gas, nuclear is the fifth-largest production source of electricity in India.
✅India has planned to increase the nuclear power capacity to 22,480 MW by 2031.