Two PHWRs units operating at 90% capacity
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has started commercial operations of indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat.
“Our first indigenous 700 MWe Unit, KAPP-3, has become commercial on 30 June 2023,” a senior NPCIL official said.
NPCIL has built two 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar. these are generating 90% of power as of now.
Various commissioning activities were underway at KAPP 4, which had achieved 96.92 per cent progress by May end, according to the officials.
The NPCIL plans to build sixteen 700 MW PHWRs across the country, for which it has been granted financial and administrative sanction.
Construction of 700 MW nuclear power plants is underway at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan (RAPS 7 and 8) and at Gorakhpur in Haryana (GHAVP 1 and 2).
The government has sanctioned building of 10 indigenously developed PHWRs in fleet mode at four locations — Gorakhpur in Haryana, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh, Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan and Kaiga in Karnataka. Fiinews.com
