India, Aug. 25 -- SHANTI hands the reactor to the market and keeps the used fuel with the State. The draft rules should say what that promise costs and when it begins

India is planning the biggest expansion of nuclear power in its history. The target is 100 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2047. Today, the country has about 8.8 GW. Reaching the target would mean increasing the fleet more than elevenfold in little over two decades.

To make that possible, Parliament passed the SHANTI Bill, in December 2025. It replaced the Atomic Energy Act of 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010. For the first time, private companies can participate in building, owning and operating nuclear power plants in India.

Much of the debat...