Washington, Aug. 22 -- American nuclear power firm Holtec is planning a major expansion into India's nuclear industry by building 200 Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), Holtec's founder and CEO Kris Singh told HT in an interview. Singh made clear that an India-US nuclear power partnership would be crucial to compete with Chinese dominance in the nuclear power industry. Singh also stated that disagreements over the Trump tariffs on India and possible delays in the amendment of the Civil Nuclear Liability law is not helping business.

You came to the United States in the 1960s as a student and now run Holtec, which is one of the world's most prominent nuclear technology firms. It must have been one of the original Indian-American success storie...