Nuclear Power Plant | "India's Nuclear Reactors Are Safe": Head of Global Nuclear Watchdog To NDTV

India has end to end capabilities in nuclear power but are India's atomic reactors safe and is this decision to ramp up nuclear energy to 100 GW by 2047 doable? NDTV's Science Editor Pallava Bagla spoke exclusively to Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria who feels India is on the right path to make more atomic reactors. In her budget speech Ms Nirmala Sitharaman announced that `development of at least 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047 is essential for our energy transition efforts. For an active partnership with the private sector towards this goal, amendments to the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act will be taken up.' In addition she announced that a `Nuclear Energy Mission for research & development of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) with an outlay of 20,000 crore will be set up. At least 5 indigenously developed SMRs will be operationalized by 2033'.