NEW DELHI, Nov. 24 -- The much-anticipated amendments to the atomic energy and nuclear damage laws are expected to be taken up in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. Mint explains the move to open up the strategic sector to implement the government's plan to achieve 100 GW of nuclear power generation capacity by 2047 from the current capacity of 8.7 GW.

The Union government is expected to introduce the Atomic Energy Bill, 2025, to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 1962. Under this law, the power to operate nuclear power plants is vested only in the central government and companies or corporations it has established. The Atomic Energy Act prohibits the participation of private companies and state governments in this sector.

The governm...