New Delhi, March 11 India imported 18,842.60 metric tonnes (MTs) of uranium in various forms for its reactors between 2008-2009 and 2024-2025 under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
In a written reply, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that the country's nuclear power generation using imported uranium increased from 3,704 million units in 2009-2010 to 39,180 million units in 2024-2025. Until January, India had generated 33,815 million units for 2025-2026, he said.
"The government has formulated a roadmap to reach 100 GW of nuclear power capacity. According to the roadmap, the current nuclear power capacity of 8.78 GW (excluding RAPS-1) is expected to reach about 22 GW by 2031-32 as projects currently at various stages of implementation are progressively completed," the minister said.
Singh also stated that another 32 GW of nuclear power capacity would be set up beyond 2032 by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, comprising indigenous pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) and light water reactors (LWRs) with foreign cooperation by 2047, taking the capacity to about 54 GW.
"The remaining 46 GW is expected to be set up by other public sector enterprises (central and state), state governments, the private sector, and joint ventures in various business models, comprising reactors of different technologies," the minister said.
