In order to meet the ever-increasing power demands and make the country self-reliant in  nuclear power, work is underway to construct eight nuclear power plants across the country.

“Eight nuclear power reactors, each having a capacity to produce 700 MW of electricity, are being set up across the country in order to make the nation self-dependent in producing nuclear energy,” director of BARC, Shrikumar Banerjee said.

“There is a requirement of around 80,000 tonnes of uranium to run those reactors for 60 years,” he said.