[5] On 6 December 2010 agreement was signed for the construction of a first set of two third-generation European Pressurized Reactors and the supply of nuclear fuel for 25 years in the presence of French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh.

Refraining from going into detail, Areva CEO Anne Lauvergeon asserted in November 2010 that the cost of electricity from this power plant will be below ₹4 (4.6¢ US) per Kilowatt hour.

[21] It is one of several nuclear power projects being undertaken in a thin strip of coast of Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.

[24][25][26] In April 2021, EDF submitted a binding technico-commercial offer to NPCIL, setting out the conditions under which the project could be taken forward as part of "a long-term partnership between the French and Indian nuclear industries", and enabling discussions aimed at reaching a binding framework agreement "in the coming months".

[13] According to the Areva lack of clarity on The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 passed in Indian Parliament in August 2010 is a hurdle in finalising deal.

Even though the Government of Maharashtra state completed land acquisition in January 2010, only 33 out of the 2,335 villagers had accepted compensation cheques as of November 2010.

[31] A public hearing on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) Report, prepared by NEERI was conducted by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, on behalf of Ministry of Environment and Forests on 16 April 2010, at the plant site.

The public hearing became controversial as the EIA report was not delivered for study to 3 of the 4 Gram panchayats (local village bodies) a month in advance.

[32] A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has also been filed against the government's civil nuclear program at the apex Supreme Court.

The PIL specifically asks for the "staying of all proposed nuclear power plants till satisfactory safety measures and cost-benefit analyses are completed by independent agencies".

[33][34] Since Jaitapur is a seismically sensitive area, the danger of an earthquake has been foremost on the minds of people[citation needed][vague].

Owing to the Generation III reactors having a higher fuel efficiency than previous Gen II designs,[38] the smaller amount of used nuclear fuel from an EPR will contain "four times" as much fission products by volume, Iodine, Caesium, etc., compared to presently operating Gen II pressurised water reactors.

According to this report, the Government of India has not been fully transparent with its citizens, and is hiding the huge negative impacts on the social and environmental development of the Konkan region in general.

[45] According to former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar, the Jaitapur site is the best as it fulfilled the technical and scientific requirements for a nuclear power plant.

[49] These studies include Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Pre-operational Baseline Radiological Survey of the Area around JNPP Site, Central Water and Power Research Station Pune, Thermal Dispersion Studies for Condenser Cooling Water (CCW) Discharges, Konkan Krishi Vidyapith, College of Forestry, Dapoli, Baseline Biodiversity Study of the area around JNPP Site.

[citation needed] Nuclear Power Corporation of India has declared that 1.5 to 2 percent of the net profit from Jaitapur plant would be spent in that area only.

Parallel studies carried out by the Bombay Natural History Society show that the Jaitapur nuclear plant project will cause substantial environmental damage.