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Budget 2025: Can nuclear be a meaningful part of India’s energy strategy? | Business Matters

Is India being too ambitious with its 100 GW target for nuclear energy?

Updated - February 05, 2025 09:11 pm IST

In the latest budget speech, the Indian Finance Minister reiterated an earlier-articulated goal for Nuclear Energy capacity—to reach 100 GW by 2047. Where are we now? At 8 GW. Does the goal sound more than just a bit ambitious?

In this episode, we will learn a tiny bit of nuclear science as well as about the race against time we have set ourselves up with.

Script & Presentation: K. Bharat Kumar

Videography: Shiva Raj S

Editing: Shibu Narayan

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