Update · 25 December 2025
What does India's SHANTI Act, 2025 change for private nuclear power?
The SHANTI Act, 2025 consolidates India's nuclear law, enables regulated private participation, gives the AERB statutory status and backs 100 GW by 2047.
This update covers Indian nuclear energy law under the SHANTI Act, 2025.
Summary
Five things to know.
- 1.Consolidates and modernises India's nuclear legal framework into a single, comprehensive statute.
- 2.Enables limited private participation in the nuclear power sector, under regulatory oversight, for the first time.
- 3.Grants statutory recognition to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), strengthening independent safety regulation.
- 4.Builds on the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (and its 1986, 1987 and 2015 amendments) and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.
- 5.Supports India's clean-energy transition and the long-term goal of 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047.
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