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Nuclear Power Plants in India
Kudankulam
Location: Tamil Nadu
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 1,000 MW PWR
Operation: 2010-2011
Reactor supplier: AEE
T/G supplier: LMZ, Electrosila
EPC: AEE, NPCIL
Kaiga Quick facts: This is India’s largest nuclear power
Kakrapar project and the Kudankulam units will be the largest
Location: Karnataka
Location: Gujarat generators in India when completed. Talks first
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd began on this $3bn project in 1988, but were
Configuration: 3 X 220 MW PHWR
Configuration: 2 X 220 MW PHWR suspended in 1992 following the collapse of the
Operation: 2000-2007
Operation: 1993-1995 Soviet Union. Discussions were restarted and in Nov
Reactor supplier: NPCIL
Reactor supplier: NPCIL 2001, a general agreement was signed between
T/G supplier: BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL NPCIL and AEE for supply of two VVER-1000 units
Quick facts: Unit-3 went commercial on 6 May 2007
Quick facts: Two 700-MW PHWR units are planned of the latest design. Equipment was ordered in Feb
at 1800hrs. First criticality was 26 Feb 2007, less
for construction at this site. 2002, and first concrete was the following month. In
than 5yrs after first concrete on 30 Mar 2002.
Apr 2002, AEE signed a $200mn contract with
Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd Silovye Mashiny for the T/G sets and the Izhora
Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd Re-posted 23 May 2007
Posted 8 Sep 2004 Factory of Obedinennye Mashinostroitelnye Zavody
(OMZ) is under contract to supply the reactors.
Russia has granted a state credit to India to cover
85% of the cost of equipment supply. Completion
was originally scheduled for 2007 but has been
delayed by a variety of factors.
Photograph by Petr Pavlicek and courtesy of Intl Atomic Energy
Agency
Re-posted 17 Mar 2010
Rajasthan
Location: Rajasthan
Madras Narora
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
Location: Tamil Nadu Location: Uttar Pradesh
Configuration: 1 X 100 MW, 1 X 200 MW, 2 X 220
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
MW PHWR
Configuration: 2 X 170 MW PHWR Configuration: 2 X 220 MW PHWR
Operation: 1973-2010
Operation: 1984-1986 Operation: 1991-1992
Reactor supplier: CGE, L&T, NPCIL
Reactor supplier: NPCIL Reactor supplier: NPCIL
T/G supplier: EE, BHEL
T/G supplier: BHEL T/G supplier: BHEL
Quick facts: RAPS-5 went commercial on 4 Feb
Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
2010 with UNi-6 to follow later in the year.
Posted 8 Sep 2004 Posted 8 Sep 2004
Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
Posted 8 Sep 2004
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Tarapur 3&4
Location: Maharashtra
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
Tarapur 1&2 Configuration: 2 X 540 MW PHWR
Location: Maharashtra Operation: 2005-2006
Operator: Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd Reactor supplier: NPCIL
Configuration: 2 X 160 MW BWR T/G supplier: BHEL
Operation: 1969 Quick facts: In Oct 1998, groundbreaking for the first
Reactor supplier: General Electric 500-MW class PHWRs at Tarapur was held after
T/G supplier: General Electric many delays. Unit-4 went critical on 6 Mar 2005 and
EPC: General Electric commercial on 12 Sep 2005 and the new reactors
Quick facts: A turnkey project. were dedicated to the nation in August 2007. At the
time, they were the biggest generating units in the
Photograph courtesy of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd country. In Sep 2009, the new units were reported to
Posted 8 Sep 2004
be producing electricity at Rs2.70/kW.
Photograph courtesy of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
Posted 13 Sep 2008
Abbreviations
Updated 06/02/10
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