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Key challenges include achieving stable continuous detonation through precise fuel injection and pressure control, and ensuring components withstand extremely high temperatures, pressures, and shock loads.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":125,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":127,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":129,"site_id":62},318921,1790064813,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":132},{"doc_id":129,"user_id":133,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":105,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":19,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":52,"preview_page_count":4},1099514068035,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","18 August 2026  \nSHANTI Act  \nThe Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s clarification on whether the SHANTI Act, 2025, can restrict constitutional courts from awarding fair and just compensation to victims of nuclear accidents.  \no The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Act,2025 is a comprehensive legislation that replaces the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, creating a unified framework for regulation, licensing, safety, and liability in India’s civil nuclear sector.  \no Objective: Promote safe, sustainable and scalable nuclear energy as part of India’s clean energy transition.  \no Features:  \no Shifts India’s nuclear sector from fully State controlled to a regulated PPP model.  \no Caps private participation at 49%, with 51% government control over sensitive areas like fuel production, waste management, safety, licensing and strategic oversight.  \no Ends NPCIL’s monopoly in nuclear plant operations; enables PPPs and joint ventures.  \no Facilitates advanced nuclear technologies, including Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and indigenous designs.  \no Grants formal statutory recognition to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to strengthen regulatory independence and authority.  \no Designates the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) to hear nuclear disputes.  \no Establishes a Nuclear Damage Claims Commission to adjudicate compensation for severe damage.  \no Act places liability entirely on the operator and removes the right of recourse against suppliers, even when equipment defects contribute to a nuclear accident.  \no Atomic Energy Regulatory Board  \no The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board was constituted in 1983, by the President of India by exercising the powers conferred by the Atomic Energy Act, 1962.  \no Mission: To ensure the use of ionizing radiation and nuclear energy in India does not cause undue risk to the health of people and the environment.  \nCritical mineral  \nIndia’s efforts to secure critical mineral assets overseas are facing hurdles including high valuations, volatile prices, financial constraints and geopolitical risks.  \no Critical minerals are metallic or non-metallic elements essential for modern technology, economic development, and national security, with high risk of supply disruption.  \no A mineral is critical when the risk of supply shortage and associated economic impact is (relatively) higher than that of other raw materials.  \no Each country prepares its own list based on strategic and industrial needs.  \no Critical Minerals of India:  \no GoI has unveiled the country’s first report on  \n“Critical Minerals for India” and has identified 30 critical minerals.  \no Antimony, Beryllium, Bismuth, Cadmium, Cobalt, Copper, Gallium, Germanium, Graphite, Hafnium, Indium, Lithium, Molybdenum, Niobium, Nickel, Phosphorous, Potash, Platinum Group Elements (PGE), Rare Earth Elements (REE), Rhenium, Selenium, Silicon, Strontium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium, and Zirconium.  \nRotating detonation engines  \nA defence start-up has successfully demonstrated a Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) at a DRDO facility in Hyderabad, offering potential for greater fuel efficiency in rockets and hypersonic systems.  \no RDE is an advanced propulsion technology that uses continuous rotating detonation waves to burn fuel more efficiently than conventional engines.  \no Pressure-gain combustion: Detonation rapidly compresses the unburnt mixture before combustion, allowing more chemical energy to be converted into useful pressure and potentially improving propulsion efficiency.  \no Efficiency: RDEs are theoretically capable of providing around 10–25% higher thermodynamic efficiency than conventional combustors, although actual gains depend on engine design and operating conditions.  \no Challenges: Maintaining a stable continuous detonation requires precise fuel injection, pressure control and chamber geometr","cbCaibnEoOnzwI89","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibnEoOnzwI89","pdf",228858,"English","# SHANTI Act\n## Atomic Energy Regulatory Board\n# Critical Mineral\n# Rotating detonation engines\n# NASA's Moon Base","[{\"question\":\"What is the SHANTI Act, 2025 and what does it replace?\",\"answer\":\"The SHANTI Act, 2025 is comprehensive legislation that replaces the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, creating a unified framework for regulation, licensing, safety, and liability in India’s civil nuclear sector.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the SHANTI Act change private participation in India’s nuclear sector?\",\"answer\":\"It shifts the nuclear sector from fully state controlled to a regulated PPP model, capping private participation at 49% while the government retains 51% control over sensitive areas such as fuel production, waste management, safety, licensing, and strategic oversight.\"},{\"question\":\"What are rotating detonation engines and what are their main challenges?\",\"answer\":\"Rotating detonation engines use continuous rotating detonation waves to burn fuel more efficiently than conventional engines, with benefits tied to pressure-gain combustion. 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