Union Cabinet has cleared the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of India Bill. The Bill envisages an Autonomous Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). Official sources said that a high level panel have finalised the rules of implementation of nuclear liability law. The Bill is expected to be introduced in Parliament in the current session.

The bill seeks to give the proposed Nuclear Regulatory Authority of India full power to stop construction work and also order a shut down of an operating nuclear plant.

Government had decided to fast track setting up of the NRAI in the backdrop of the Fukushima nuclear plant accident.