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NEW DELHI: India is enhancing its collaboration with the U.S. on nuclear safety. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) announced a recent technical meeting with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to improve regulations as India aims to boost its nuclear power capacity.<\/strong><\/p>\n The meeting took place from August 6 to 8 at the NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, where an Indian delegation was present, as noted in a statement on August 12.<\/p>\n India is planning to ramp up its nuclear power generation to at least 100 gigawatts by 2047, a significant increase from the current capacity of just over 8 gigawatts.<\/p>\n During the discussions, the two nations talked about the regulations needed for new and advanced reactors, as well as the guidelines for cutting-edge reactor technologies. They also explored possible areas for future joint efforts.<\/p>\n Earlier in April, reports indicated that India is easing rules to allow foreign companies to hold minority shares in nuclear projects.<\/p>\n Additionally, India is preparing to permit its private firms to mine and import uranium, a move aimed at furthering its nuclear growth.<\/strong><\/p>\n Currently, India\u2019s nuclear power generation of about 8 gigawatts contributes to around 3% of its total electricity capacity.<\/p>\n The talks between India and the U.S. also included long-term strategies for operating nuclear plants, safety evaluations, and emergency preparedness for advanced small modular reactors. The state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India is looking for proposals from industries to establish 220-megawatt small nuclear reactors. This initiative is part of India\u2019s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and work towards achieving its net-zero targets.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW DELHI: India is enhancing its collaboration with the U.S. on nuclear safety. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) announced a recent technical meeting with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to improve regulations as India aims to boost its nuclear power capacity. The meeting took place from August 6 to 8 at the NRC headquarters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[19545,19546,471,16416,19544],"class_list":["post-16050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-aerb","tag-atomic-energy-regulatory-board","tag-india","tag-india-us-trade-talks","tag-nuclear-regulatory-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}