India and Australia finalise Administrative Arrangement enabling uranium supply to India
At the Melbourne summit on 9 July 2026, India and Australia finalised the Administrative Arrangement that operationalises their 2014 Civil Nuclear Agreement and enables Australian uranium exports to India.
Summary
India and Australia finalised the Administrative Arrangement under their Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement at the 3rd Annual Summit in Melbourne on 9 July 2026. The Arrangement operationalises the agreement signed in 2014 and enables long-term exports of Australian uranium to India for peaceful purposes under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. Australia has the world's largest uranium resources, more than one-third of the global total. India operates 24 nuclear power reactors at seven sites with 8.78 GW capacity, and its Nuclear Energy Mission targets 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047, supported by the SHANTI Act enacted in December 2025.
Key facts
- Finalised
- 9 July 2026, 3rd Annual Summit, Melbourne
- Operationalises
- India–Australia Civil Nuclear Agreement, signed 2014
- Effect
- Long-term Australian uranium exports to India under IAEA safeguards
- Australia
- Largest uranium resources globally (>1/3 of world total)
- India's fleet
- 24 reactors, 7 sites, 8.78 GW; 10 units (8,000 MW) under construction
- Target
- Nuclear Energy Mission: 100 GW by 2047
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Administrative Arrangement finalised at the July 2026 Melbourne summit operationalises the India–Australia Civil Nuclear Agreement signed in which year?
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Correct answer: C — 2014
The Arrangement operationalises the India–Australia Civil Nuclear Agreement signed in 2014.
Australian uranium exports to India under the July 2026 arrangement will be under the safeguards of which body?
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Correct answer: A — International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The Arrangement enables uranium exports for peaceful purposes under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.
Consider the following statements, as given in PIB's July 2026 backgrounder on India–Australia civil nuclear cooperation: 1. Australia has the largest uranium resources in the world, more than one-third of the global total. 2. India operates 24 nuclear power reactors with an installed capacity of 8.78 GW. 3. India's Nuclear Energy Mission targets 50 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Correct answer: D — 1 and 2 only
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is wrong: the Nuclear Energy Mission targets 100 GW by 2047.