New Delhi, June 25 -- Bihar has been selected as one of the first six states to receive a nuclear power plant under India's Nuclear Energy Mission, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced on Tuesday.

The state will host a Small Modular Reactor (SMR)-based facility following approval fr0m the central government.

The announcement was made during a meeting of eastern region power ministers, which included representatives fr0m Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The timing coincides with the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.

Khattar confirmed that the central government had accepted Bihar's formal request for the nuclear facility.

He stated that if the Bihar government proceeds with establi...