Shashi Tharoor Criticizes SHANTI Nuclear Bill as "Dangerous Leap" with Inadequate Safety Measures

Dec 17, 2025 10:49 pm CST

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has strongly criticized the government's SHANTI nuclear energy bill, calling it a "dangerous leap into privatized nuclear expansion" that lacks adequate safeguards. The bill would allow private entities to operate across the nuclear fuel cycle with minimal oversight and caps liability at just $460 million, despite nuclear disasters like Fukushima costing hundreds of billions to remediate. Tharoor warns that profit motives should not override public safety and environmental protection.