U.S. nuclear industry to make comprehensive submissions to India on SHANTI rules

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The U.S. nuclear industry is set to make a comprehensive submission to India on the draft rules and regulations to implement the SHANTI Act, which has opened up the atomic energy sector for private participation.
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Last week, the Department of Atomic Energy released the draft rules and regulations of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act and sought comments by September 4.

The U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), which led a delegation of U.S. nuclear industry representatives to India earlier this year to explore opportunities in the civil nuclear sector, held discussions on Thursday (August 20, 2026) with legal experts in India and the Nuclear Energy Institute based here.

“USISPF is coordinating a comprehensive industry submission to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India (GOI) by the September 4 deadline,” the USISPF said in a social media post.

USISPF also held a virtual briefing for its Nuclear Industry Committee on the recently released draft SHANTI rules and regulations.

“The virtual session convened senior industry leaders from across the nuclear value chain and covered: key provisions of the Draft SHANTI Rules and Draft SHANTI Regulations — what they mean for industry; implications for private sector entry, licensing, liability, and project structuring; and areas requiring industry attention and potential feedback to the government,” the USISPF said.

It said expert guest speakers Suhaan Mukerji of Delhi-based PLR Chambers and Ted Jones, Senior Director for National Security and International Programmes at Nuclear Energy Institute, addressed the virtual session.

The draft rules are the first detailed steps taken by India to open up the nuclear sector to private players, laying down licensing, insurance, and approval-related procedures while retaining government control over sensitive activities.

The SHANTI Act opens the civil nuclear sector in India to private companies and joint ventures, allowing them to build, own and operate nuclear plants, decommission them, and take up nuclear research and development.

It also allows private players to manufacture nuclear fuel and use ionising radiation for non-electricity-related work with medicines, agriculture, and other industries.

India has set a target to generate 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047 and set up at least five indigenous Small Modular Reactors (SMR), which are advanced nuclear fission plants that can produce up to 300 megawatts of electricity by 2033.

Published – August 21, 2026 12:24 pm IST

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India celebrates U.S. elections as a fellow democracy: MEA

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External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal during the weekly media briefing in Delhi, on November 7, 2024.
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India “celebrates” the U.S. election process, said the government on Thursday (November 7, 2024), and Prime Minister Narendra Modi told U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that India looks forward to future cooperation with the United States during his tenure. During his call to Mr. Trump to congratulate him for his victory in the elections on Wednesday (November 6, 2024), Mr. Modi had “recalled their memorable interactions” during his first tenure (2016-2020), including two public rallies they had addressed together in Houston and Gandhinagar, according to a statement released on Thursday (November 7, 2024).

“As a fellow democracy, India celebrates this expression of people’s mandate in the United States,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told journalists at a weekly briefing on Thursday (November 7, 2024). “Prime Minister Modi conveyed to President-elect that we look forward to working very closely, as he had done with him earlier as well to further strengthen the India-U.S. comprehensive global and strategic partnership”, he said, elaborating on the conversation that Mr. Modi had announced on social media a day earlier.

According to government sources, during the conversation, Mr. Trump had praised Mr. Modi as a “magnificent man” and India as a “magnificent country”.

“Both leaders reiterated the importance of the India-U.S. Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, for the benefit of the people of the two countries as well as for global peace and stability,” said the MEA in a statement, adding that the leaders committed to working together to “further strengthen bilateral ties across technology, defence, energy, space and several other sectors”.

Asked whether Mr. Modi would travel to the U.S. for Mr. Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025, officials said they were not aware of any plans for the Prime Minister’s travels to the U.S. Next week, Mr. Modi will leave for a three-nation tour to Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana. In Brazil, he will attend the G-20 summit which the U.S.’s outgoing President, Joseph Biden, is expected to attend as well. In 2025, New Delhi will host the Quad summit, and Mr. Trump will be expected to travel to India at that time.

Published – November 07, 2024 10:53 pm IST

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U.S. nuclear industry to make comprehensive submissions to India on SHANTI rules

India celebrates U.S. elections as a fellow democracy: MEA