# Modi sets 100 GW nuclear target, five reactors this decade 2026-08-15T08:51:54+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India aims to operationalise five new nuclear reactors this decade and reach 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047. Speaking from the Red Fort on Independence Day, he linked the plan to energy security and reduced dependence on imports. Modi said the SHANTI Act had created a framework for expanding nuclear power, while the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam had attained first criticality this year. India imports nearly 90% of its crude oil and about half its natural gas. The government is also expanding solar power, which Modi said had risen to 160 GW from 2 GW in a decade. The Times of India reports that rising demand from semiconductors, artificial intelligence and data centres is central to the nuclear expansion. The Economic Times reports a Rs 84,084-crore deepwater exploration scheme. ## Coverage - energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:16:05+00:00. Tags: Kalpakkam, Narendra Modi, Samudra Manthan, SHANTI Act Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/india-plans-five-new-nuclear-reactors-this-decade-modi-says/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/india-plans-five-new-nuclear-reactors-this-decade-modi-says/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/