Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Atomic Energy is a IND company active in the nuclear fuel chain as enrichment, fabrication.
India's atomic energy department, reporting directly to the prime minister. It runs the Ratehalli enrichment plant outside safeguards, which serves the naval programme rather than the power fleet, and the Nuclear Fuel Complex that fabricates the fleet's fuel.
Company
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1954 |
| Ownership | state |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Roles in the chain | enrichment, fabrication |
Position in the chain
Downstream
Enriched uranium from this company feeds fuel fabrication, and from there 375 operating reactors across these types. Heavy water reactors are absent because they run on natural uranium and skip enrichment entirely.
| Reactor type | Operating units |
|---|---|
| Pressurised water reactor | 311 |
| Boiling water reactor | 45 |
| Gas-cooled reactor | 9 |
| Light water graphite reactor | 7 |
| Fast reactor | 2 |
| High-temperature gas reactor | 1 |
Facilities
| Facility | Stage | Country | Capacity / output | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratehalli (Rare Materials Plant) | enrichment | IND | not disclosed | operating |
Sources
- Department of Atomic Energy, company source
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
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