India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Under the Nuclear Energy Mission announced in the Union Budget 2025- 26, a total budgetary provision of Rs.20,000 crore has been made for the design, development, and deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). This allocation is aimed at supporting India's objective of developing and operationalizing at least five indigenously designed SMRs by 2033.
As part of this initiative, BARC has already undertaken design and development work on SMRs namely,
BSMR-200 is in advanced stage of obtaining financial and administrative sanction.
BSMR-200 and SMR-55 are proposed to be constructed at DAE site located at Tarapur, Dist. Palghar, Maharashtra. The proposed site for demonstration ...