The Biden administration on Tuesday released a roadmap for plans to triple U.S. nuclear capacity by the middle of the century. The plan sets a goal of 200 gigawatts of new capacity by 2050, more than three times the 2020 capacity.

President Joe Biden’s administration is setting out plans for the US to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, with demand climbing for the technology as a round-the-clock source of carbon-free power.

India's federal power minister on Tuesday asked the states that are away from coal resources to consider setting up nuclear-based power plants, besides identifying and listing of the power utilities to meet investments to support growing power demand.

The Biden administration announced plans Tuesday to triple U.S. nuclear energy capacity by 2050 as it aims to reach its net-zero emissions goal. Under the plan, the U.S. would deploy an additional 200 GW of new nuclear energy capacity by 2050 through the construction of new small and large reactors,