Top executives of top nuclear power companies from the US will gather in New Delhi to firm up strategic tie-ups with Indian companies to set up Nuclear plants in India. At stake are plants that could generate 12,000 MW. Led by global nuclear equipment leaders GE and Westinghouse Electric, these B2B meetings follow Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington DC last month and the likelihood of India moving a nuclear liability legislation bill that will enable private nuclear companies from the US to invest in Indian nuclear sector.
Apart from the Big Two, the delegation includes Babcock & Wilcox, Bechtel, CH2MHill, Curtiss-Wright, Cameco, Converdyn, and USEC.
On the Indian side, will executives from Larsen and Toubro, BHEL, NTPC and Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).
This 12,000 MW part of the proposed 32,000 MW that the Indian government has already announced, with technical collaboration from US, French and Russian companies.
Of the five sites that have been given approval by Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in October 2009, two --Chhayamithi Virdi (Gujarat) and Kovvada (Andhra Pradesh) -will be using US technology.
India plans to source 28 light water reactors (LWRs) of which 12 will be sourced from the US, 10 from Russia and 6 from France.
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