Rosatom in talks with Adani Group, RIL, NTPC for nuclear power expansion
Russia's state-owned nuclear energy corporation Rosatom is in talks with major Indian companies including Adani Group, Reliance, Jindal, and NTPC to explore participation in India's rapidly expanding nuclear power programme. Kirill Komarov, First Deputy Director General for Corporate Development and International Business at Rosatom, confirmed that all these companies have expressed interest in accessing nuclear technologies.
The discussions come after India opened its nuclear power sector to wider private participation through the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act, 2025. India aims to increase nuclear capacity from the current 8.78 gigawatt to 100 GW by 2047. Rosatom believes that private participation will allow more companies to invest and build capacity alongside state-owned enterprises. Globally, Rosatom ranks first in terms of order portfolio size for constructing nuclear power plants, with 46 units at various implementation stages across 10 countries including China, Bangladesh, Türkiye, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, and Kazakhstan.
The Indian government has emphasized nuclear energy as a base load source of electricity available round the clock, with lifecycle emissions comparable to renewables such as hydro and wind power. Currently, domestic nuclear power capacity accounts for merely 1.6 per cent of India's total installed capacity.
