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.

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (U.S. DFC) is considering investing more than 4 billion zlotys ($975.7 million) to build the first nuclear plant in Poland, the Polish company involved in the programme said on Wednesday.

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.

There are still big environmental concerns about mining uranium for fuel rods as well as radioactive waste from nuclear power plants. Nevertheless, nuclear energy has garnered sup

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 US sets an ambitious target to add 200 GW of new nuclear capacity by 2050, aiming to triple its 2020 levels.