The Government is keen to promote nuclear energy and India will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024, Minister of State for personnel, public grievances and pensions Jitendra Singh said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
He also said the present government has also decided to have reactors in different parts of the country and a nuclear plant will come up in Haryana about 150 kms from the national capital. Earlier, the plants were located in south and some other parts of the country.
“By 2024 you will have nine nuclear reactors plus 12 new additional ones which were approved during the Covid times with a capacity of 9000 MW. Five new sites are also being identified,” in different parts of the country, he said during the Question Hour.
