With the total power generation from nuclear reactors at 5308 MWe, India is ranked 12th in the world in terms of power generation from nuclear sources.
The information was revealed by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space in a reply to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha on 22 July 2015.
However the data with respect to this was published by Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in May 2015.
What does the data say?
- In terms of number of nuclear reactors in operation, India was ranked at 7th position with 21 reactors.
- There are 31 countries including India in the world that generate electricity from nuclear source.
- With 437 nuclear reactors in operation in world, the total power generation from nuclear stood at 377986 MWe