India, April 27 -- In short, India's nuclear history includes 1998, desert tests, strategic doctrine, and deterrence. It is very exciting to read. But this story leaves out a quieter but more important change: India is counting on nuclear energy not as a sign of power, but as a source of it-electric power, the kind that keeps factories running and cities lit at night

This isn't so much about geopolitics as it is about a problem that happens every day: how to keep the lights on in a society where demand is rising and mistakes are costly. For over three decades, oil price spikes, and the current Middle East crises, every global energy shock has exposed the structural weakness in India's economy and its dependence on fossil fuels.

A demand...