Flowserve receives U.S. approval for pump manufacturing in India

This achievement was made possible, Flowserve said, through its collaboration with Core Energy Systems Limited of India, carried out in support of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

A first: Caroline Ramirez, Flowserve communications manager for corporate functions, told Nuclear Newswire that the DOE approval “marks the very first U.S. authorization for an Indian collaboration of this nature and scope, catalyzing India-based manufacturing of this type of mission-critical nuclear reactor equipment.”

She continued, “Given the importance of this milestone, Flowserve and Core held a signing ceremony in Washington, D.C. with officials from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Indian Embassy” on August 14.

In November 2024, DAE authorized Core to collaborate with Flowserve, and it assured the U.S. government that the transferred technology would be used exclusively for peaceful civil nuclear activities.

Critical equipment: According to Flowserve, its primary coolant pumps (PCPs) are “the technologically most intensive and critical equipment for any nuclear power plant. They provide a steady coolant supply to remove heat from the reactor core, protecting the reactor and enabling continuous, safe power generation.” There are currently more than 5,000 Flowserve pumps and 15,000 Flowserve valves installed in more than 200 nuclear reactors around the world, the company said.

India currently operates 25 nuclear reactors that generate a total of 8,880 MW, with eight new units (that will contribute 6.6GW) under construction and ambitious target of 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047.

Trump-Modi commitment: Flowserve noted that its collaboration with Core is “a direct step” toward fulfilling the commitment made by President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in February “to fully realize the U.S.-India 123 Civil Nuclear Agreement by moving forward with plans to work together to build U.S.-designed nuclear reactors in India through large scale localization and possible technology transfer.”