State-run NTPC is scouting for technology partners, both in the country and abroad, for Bharat Small Reactors (BSR) as the power generation behemoth aims to expand into the nuclear energy sector.
Recently, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposals for FY25 proposed that government will partner with the private sector for setting up BSRs as well as for R&D of Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR).
Sources said that NTPC is progressively looking at nuclear energy to expand its non-fossil fuel portfolio…