As India rewrites nuclear policy with SHANTI Bill, how the world is renewing its nuclear push

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, signed by then-president Joe Biden, includes new tax incentives and credits aimed at supporting existing and new nuclear power plants.
61% : The Advance (Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy) Act of 2024, signed into law in July 2024, aims to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy technologies in the US.
58% : India, which is dependent on massive imports of fossil fuels to meet its energy needs, has set an ambitious target of 100 GW of atomic energy capacity by 2047 to achieve its climate goals as well as energy security.
57% : As Russia "weaponised" its fossil fuel-based energy exports to Europe after the full scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, France's president Emmanuel Macron called for a "renaissance" of low-carbon nuclear power to secure domestic energy supplies.
55% : When it comes to the adoption of nuclear power in the European Union, France is the undisputed leader, getting up to around 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear energy.
54% : The EU plans to expand nuclear power to 109 GW by 2050.
53% : The question on the renewed interest in nuclear energy was answered partly by PM Modi, who wrote on X after the SHANTI Bill was passed by Parliament that it will "safely power Artificial Intelligence, enable green manufacturing and deliver a decisive boost to a clean-energy future for the country and the world".
44% : Ukraine, which has been granted candidate status by the EU, has relied on nuclear energy for electricity production throughout the war.
44% : Germany, however, remains an exception in the EU, with its phasing out of its last three nuclear reactors in 2023.
37% : Devastated by the 2011 Fukushima disaster, Japan temporarily shut down all 54 of its operable nuclear reactors by 2014, with some later restarting under stricter safety regulations.

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