India’s capital expenditure rose 30% YoY to ₹14.5 trillion in April–June, driven by #nuclear power and #data centres, which account for nearly three-fourths of new project announcements. Traditional sectors like #manufacturing, #mining, and transport services continue to decline, revealing a lopsided investment boom.

🇺🇸🇮🇳 Holtec International is seeking partnerships with NTPC and Vedanta to deploy a 15 GW pipeline of small modular reactors (SMRs) in India. The plan follows the SHANTI Act 2025 and centers on SMR-300 reactors for grid and industrial applications. #Nuclear #Energy

🇮🇳🤝🇦🇺 India and Australia have finalised the administrative arrangements necessary to enable the export of Australian uranium to India : Joint Statement

#Nuclear #Energy #Geopolitics

Australia restates its "strong support" for India’s membership of the #Nuclear Suppliers’ Group: Joint Statement

US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE) refuted BARC’s safety concerns over using its thorium-based ANEEL fuel in India’s existing PHWRs, saying it improves safety without needing reactor design changes and is a “plug-and-play” replacement for natural uranium.

CCTE’s paper countered a BARC study that claimed ANEEL would require redesigns and raise accident risks, while also highlighting plans to deploy ANEEL in India’s PHWR fleet, which accounts for most of the country’s operational nuclear reactors, in December 2024, state-owned NTPC and CCTE announced a partnership to explore ANEEL development in India with plans for local manufacturing and uranium supply with sovereign guarantee. #Nuclear

Context

NTPC's 2024 partnership with Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE) to deploy ANEEL fuel in PHWRs faces intense opposition from India’s nuclear establishment, including the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and BARC, who prioritize a protected three-stage homegrown technology pathway. While NTPC seeks immediate economic benefits and higher fuel efficiency to lower LCOE, the DAE argues the imported technology risks safety, leading to a clash between commercial fast-tracking and domestic strategic interests. Following technical pushback in early 2026, CCTE validated its fuel's safety through Idaho National Laboratory testing and an MIT-backed study, challenging the regulatory assumptions of the Indian establishment.

NTPC has approved a ₹20,456.70 crore investment for the 1,600 MW Lara Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III in Chhattisgarh, adding two 800 MW units to meet rising electricity demand. #Power #Nuclear

Naveen Jindal Group is evaluating 18 GW of #nuclear power projects across 9 states, including Gujarat and Odisha. The group is in talks with technology partners, with investments expected to run into several lakh crore rupees. The projects align with India's plan to expand nuclear generation capacity. #Energy

☢️🚨BREAKING: Files tied to India's largest #nuclear power plant Kudankulam have surfaced on the dark web -- including purported blueprints of its ventilation systems and a control room floor layout....

What's in the data leak? Nearly 19,000 files tied to Kudankulam are part of a larger 858,000-file cache ransomware group World Leaks says it stole from Anil Ambani's Reliance Group. The files include vendor proposals and records of a joint inspection between the plant's operator and Reliance, with photos of equipment.

Why did Reliance have these docs? Reliance Infrastructure won a contract in 2018 to build support infrastructure for the plant's Unit 3 and Unit 4. Reliance says there was a "partial breach" of its data on a server hosted by Yotta Data Services Private Limited. Yotta says it caught suspicious activity on that server on May 29 and Reliance flagged the leak claims to Yotta in late June.

#cybersecurity #nationalsecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/files-relating-indias-largest-nuclear-power-plant-kudankulam-exposed-data-breach-2026-07-15/

NPCIL(Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited) has released a press statement and clarified on the leak which happened and rejected reports of nuclear safety breach. It said the leaked files are connected to Common Services of Balance Plants(BoP) package for unit 3&4.

NPCIL clarified that this leaked information has not affected the safety or operations of nuclear reactor and no sensitive information related to nuclear reactor is compromised. #Cybersecurity #Nuclear

Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam (ASHVINI), the NTPC-NPCIL joint venture, has floated a ₹28,000-crore tender for the 2.8-GW Mahi Banswara Nuclear Power Project in Rajasthan — the largest nuclear-island EPC package under India’s indigenous reactor programme. The project covers four 700-MW pressurised heavy water reactors and includes civil works, equipment supply, and commissioning. #Nuclear

India's nuclear fusion startups urged NITI Aayog for a separate regulatory framework. Current atomic energy laws treat them like high-risk fission reactors, despite fusion having no meltdown risk or long-lived waste. They seek a distinct legal category, risk-based safety norms, no 1km exclusion zones, and easier access to fusion materials for energy security and growth. Funding: $6.8M domestically vs $1.18B in the US. #Nuclear

India’s nuclear power pipeline has crossed 70 GW, with both government and private companies like NTPC, Adani, Reliance, Tata, and Jindal announcing large-scale projects worth over ₹14 lakh crore to boost capacity from the current 8.78 GW to 100 GW by 2047.

While NPCIL will lead with 54 GW, private firms are planning major investments ranging from small industrial reactors to multi-gigawatt plants, though many projects remain at preliminary stages and depend on approvals, financing, and technology choices. #Nuclear #Power

Adani has proposed building two nuclear power plants in Odisha, each with a capacity of 2,800 MW, involving an investment of ₹1.5 trillion. Alongside this, an ultra-supercritical thermal plant and a pumped storage project are planned, with the Nayagarh storage project already approved and expected to create over 22,000 jobs, marking one of the largest private energy investments in the state. #Nuclear #Power

Pranos Fusion produced plasma in its Pragya tokamak, moving from design to reactor testing after 2.5 years. The Bengaluru startup began building Pragya in June 2025 after developing tokamak-design software; its reactor now marks India’s private fusion sector’s experimental phase. #Tech #Nuclear

According to reports, Unidentified Gunmen cut off the fibre optic cables connecting the remote Rash Koh #nuclear site in Chagai run by Pakistan Army's SPD in Balochistan, disrupting comms severely. #IndianSubcontinent

BARC is partnering with Reliance, Adani, NTPC, and L&T to build a ₹9,000‑crore 300‑MW modular reactor through a special purpose vehicle, with an RFP expected soon, as part of India’s plan to reach 100‑GW nuclear capacity by 2047 from the current 8.7 GW. #Nuclear

🚀 Historic Deep-Tech Breakthrough?

Hyderabad-based deep-tech startup Hylenr Technologies has completed Phase 1 independent validation of its hydrogen-based fusion (LCF/LENR) reactor, hitting crucial technical milestones:
• 🔥 Excess Heat: Verified clear heat generation compared to control devices.
• 🧪 Gas Spikes: Helium, Argon, and Neon levels surged 100x to 1000x above background lines.
• 🛡️ Total Safety: Registered zero gamma or X-ray radiation.
• 💎 Material Changes: Analysis confirmed physical alterations on the nickel-palladium catalyst.

The Big Picture: If fully verified, this tech could provide safe clean industrial heat and synthesize strategic rare-earth elements—ending reliance on mined supply chains.

Next Up: Phase 2 moves to multi-reactor testing and advanced isotopic analysis to definitively prove atomic transmutation and scale toward commercial use.

#Startups #Energy #Nuclear
🔗 BusinessStandard

Russia’s Rosatom is in talks with Reliance, Adani, NTPC, and Jindal to partner on domestic nuclear power projects. By bringing in these major Indian private and state-run giants, the collaboration aims to heavily localize manufacturing and construction. #Nuclear

🏗️⚡ L&T has officially won the contract to build India’s first dedicated medical nuclear reactor in Vizag, moving beyond the smaller batch limits of Apsara-U and Dhruva.

📈☢️ The high-flux facility will yield 0.8 MCi/year of specialized radioisotopes by 2031 to power the domestic $1B nuclear medicine market.

📉🏥 This localized production ends reliance on costly foreign imports, drastically lowering the cost of advanced cancer scans and therapies for hospitals. #Nuclear #Health

🚀 Centre to build 2.5L nuclear workforce for 100GW target post-SHANTI Act.

| 🛸 IITs/NITs to launch courses (PhD to ITI).
| 👁️ 1GW requires 2,000 skilled staff; 100GW needs ~2.5L in 25 years. CEA projects 13,600 professionals by 2032 (46k PHWR, 38k PWR, SMRs, FBRs).
| 🎯 Niti Aayog (JB Joshi) drafting framework & dedicated institute. IIT Bombay launching Nuclear Engg; IIT Kanpur, Madras, Jammu, Gandhinagar starting programs. #Jobs #Nuclear