India, Dec. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Different types / designs of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) in India are to be sited, designed, constructed, commissioned & operated complying with the regulatory requirements of AERB. AERB safety and regulatory requirements for licensing of NPPs are mostly technology neutral. In light of the evolving developments in the fields of SMRs, AERB has conducted review of its existing regulatory requirements and concluded that the same regulatory framework can generally be applied for safety regulation of advanced reactors as such as SMRs, except for technology specific aspects for which review may be required when details of proposed sites and design of specific SMR is submitted to AER...