New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- By adopting the Sustainable Harnessing of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (Shanti) Act of 2025, which subsumes and replaces both the Atomic Energy Act of 1962 and Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010, India is set to align its legal framework for nuclear power generation with standard global practices. Since this move could give atomic reactors a role in our transition to clean energy, it is welcome.

While there has been a buzz around small modular reactors, which use the usual fission technology, a fusion leap could end the joke about its eternal status as the 'next big thing' sooner than many think.

When New Delhi signed its nuclear deal with the US in 2008, it not only secured India's release fro...