CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTORASSOCHAM RECOMMENDATION

Clear, long term, stable, sustained and irreversible policy as well as political consensus should be established. Policy, legal & regulatory frame works should be quickly announced & put in place.

Liability rules should be notified & Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority (NSRA) Act amendment bill should be passed quickly.

To meet the target of 63000 MWe by 2032, private sector participation should be started by GOI. This can be done initially by allowing minority partnership with NPCIL & later on go gradually and cautiously to full privatization.

The Legal and a Regulatory frame work should be aligned with International nuclear Regimes. This is all the more important as India will be an exporter in future.

R & D programs should be taken up to develop better technology & Generation 3+ Nuclear Reactors within country like the way India developed PHWRs.

R & D program should be expedited to utilize Thorium available abundantly in the country.

Public acceptance program should be strengthened to address all issues raised by public. Help from various private/public organizations other than DAE/NPCIL can be taken.

Global renaissance may offer huge opportunities for Indian Nuclear industry. India can be a global leader as exporter of Nuclear Power Plants & other facilities of the Nuclear Cycle, a manufacturing hub, a human resource provider, a nuclear service provider etc. Government should give a lead to the efforts to make India a Global Nuclear Power Supplier in a decade from now.