NEW DELHI, Mar 11: India imported 18,842.60 metric tonnes (MTs) of uranium in different forms for its reactors between 2008-2009 and 2024-2025 under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a written reply, Union minister Jitendra Singh said that the country’s nuclear power generation using imported uranium increased from 3,704 million units in 2009-2010 to 39,180 million units in 2024-2025. Till January, India had generated 33,815 million units for 2025-2026, he said.
“The government has formulated a roadmap to reach 100 GW of nuclear power capacity. As per the roadmap, the present nuclear power capacity of 8.78 GW (excluding RAPS-1) is expected to reach about 22 GW by 2031-32 on progressive completion of projects presently at various stages of implementation,” the minister said.
Singh also stated that another 32 GW of nuclear power capacity had been planned to be set up beyond 2032 by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited comprising indigenous pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) and light water reactors (LWRs) with foreign cooperation by 2047, taking the capacity to about 54 GW.
“The balance of 46 GW is expected to be set up by other public sector enterprises (central and state), state governments, private sector and joint ventures in different business models, comprising reactors of different technologies,” the minister said. (PTI)
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