France, India Pledge to Push Forward on Nuclear Power Project
- Goal is to start work on Jaitapur project by end of the year
- Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi met in New Delhi for talks
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The leaders of France and India reiterated their intention to start work by the end of this year on what could become the world’s largest nuclear power plant, advancing talks that have continued for nearly a decade.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Electricite de France SA and India’s monopoly atomic energy producer, Nuclear Power Corp., to accelerate discussions on a contract and start work at the site in Jaitapur, in Maharashtra state, by December.