Two key amendments to open up N-power sector likely in Winter Session, nuclear collaborations driven more by the need for capital than technology: Official

The NDA government is readying multiple amendments to two overarching legislation governing the country’s atomic energy sector, with an internal deadline to wrap up political consultations in time for introducing these in the upcoming Winter Session.

While confirming that a winter session deadline is being targeted, a senior government official told The Indian Express that India’s move to look outwards for collaborations on nuclear is driven by two clear policy imperatives: the desperate need for base load alternatives to coal-fired capacity to tide over the limitations of renewables; and more importantly, the external outreach for nuclear collaborations is driven more by the need for capital than the need for technology.

This is despite the realisation that India’s existing nuclear te