From September 2 to 4, 2025, the international forum POWERGEN India & Indian Utility Week was held in New Delhi. As part of the event, a panel discussion on “Reinventing Atomic Energy for a Net Zero Future” took place. Rosatom was represented in the discussion by Ekaterina Astashina, Business Development Manager for South Asia. The session also featured representatives of Rosatom, the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), NTPC Ltd, and other leaders of the energy sector.
Experts discussed the role of nuclear energy in achieving decarbonization goals, as well as the prospects for deploying large power units and small modular reactors (SMRs).
“Through the construction of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, we have been able to assess the capabilities of Indian industry. With stronger supply chains and the experience gained, we are confident that we will be able to implement large-scale nuclear projects in India more quickly and efficiently,” said Ekaterina Astashina, Rosatom’s Business Development Manager for South Asia.
India is a long-standing and reliable strategic partner of Russia. The flagship project of
Indian-Russian technological and energy cooperation is the Kudankulam NPP, a
nuclear power plant with VVER-1000 power units in the state of Tamil Nadu, the
south of India. The Kudankulam NPP project involves the erection of six power
units with reactors of VVER-1000 type with an installed capacity of 6000 MW.
Power units 1 and 2 of the first stage were connected to the national
electricity grid of India in 2013 and 2016, respectively. The equipment
supplies have been almost completed and construction and installation is
underway at units 3 and 4, at the same time the construction of two power units
of the third stage is also in progress.
SNPPs represent one of the most promising areas of the nuclear industry, all key players work out their own solutions based on small modular reactor technologies. These technologies are designed to provide reliable clean electricity to areas with limited grid infrastructure and to supply power to individual industrial enterprises. Rosatom has reference technologies for the construction of both ground-based and offshore small plants. With its small power projects Rosatom offer a reliable source of electricity with a long-term predictable tariff for consumers. This makes SNPP technologies demanded by large industrial consumers with a responsible approach to the choice of energy supply sources for their manufacturing facilities and territories of presence.
