India proposes to set up nuclear power generation plants with a capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020. The generation of electricity from nuclear power during 2010-11 is around 26, 473 Million Units against the target of 22,000 Million Units. Official sources said the target for 2011-12 is 32,000 Million Units of which 10,675 Million Units have already been generated between April and July this year.

AIR Correspondent reports that presently thirty countries are generating electricity from nuclear power through 439 nuclear power reactors. Nuclear power contributes about 14 per cent of the world's total electricity generation.