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The nuclear energy sector is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity, and wind power, and its contribution is increasing. As of March 2018, India has already twenty-two nuclear reactors in operation in seven nuclear power plants of various types, with a total installed capacity of 6780 MW. Nuclear energy sector produced a total of 35 TWh of electricity in 2017. Six more reactors are under construction with a combined generation capacity of 4300 MW.
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Basu, D., Miroshnik, V.W. (2019). India as a Nuclear Power. In: The Political Economy of Nuclear Energy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27029-2_13
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