India plans to build at least five small modular reactors by 2033, with the aim of expanding nuclear energy applications and reducing dependence on coal. India's Minister of Atomic Energy Gitendra Singh revealed to lawmakers on Wednesday that three different design plans are being developed for the relevant small reactors. The Mumbai-based Baba Atomic Research Center is developing power reactors with an installed capacity of 220 megawatts and 55 megawatts. Singh said in a written response to the Indian Federation Council that this research center, named after India's pioneer in the nuclear field, Homi Jehangir Baba, is also developing an air-cooled reactor with an installed capacity of less than 5 megawatts to be used as a heat source for hydrogen production. India has invested more than $2 billion to develop small modular reactors, and the technology is seen as a difficult way to decarbonize the industry to reduce emissions.

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