India, Nov. 10 -- Russian organisations are developing technical specifications for a new nuclear power plant in India featuring the advanced VVER-1200 reactors, Russia's state-run nuclear corporation, Rosatom, said on Monday.

The two sides are also discussing new areas of cooperation, including the construction of small modular reactors (SMRs) of Russian design in India, Rosatom said in a statement following a meeting in Mumbai between its director general Alexey Likhachev and Department of Atomic Energy chairman Ajit Kumar Mohanty.

The meeting focused on the development of bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy. The two sides also reviewed progress on the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, the largest nuclear facility in I...