The nuclear energy plant based mostly on Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) know-how will likely be collectively pursued by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and the Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), in keeping with a media report on Thursday.

The state-run PSUs have sealed the enterprise alternative with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed to profit the event of nuclear energy initiatives and cut back the challenge gestation time.

The MoU was signed by Dr Nalin Shinghal, CMD, BHEL and Bhuwan Chandra Pathak, CMD, NPCIL at NITI Aayog, New Delhi within the presence of different honorable, Dr V K Saraswat, Member of NITI Aayog, K N Vyas, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman and Atomic Energy Commission and Kamran Rizvi, Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries.

The others to witness the occasion had been Senior officers of the Department of Atomic Energy, Ministry of Heavy Industries, BHEL and NPCIL.

BHEL is the producer of energy plant gear specifically, nuclear, hydro, thermal, and renewables and is the one Indian firm to be actively related to all three phases of the Indian Nuclear Programme for over 5 a long time. 

The signed collaboration is prone to pave the early implementation of non-polluting and long-cycle Nuclear Power Projects.