NUCLEAR POWER CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED
This is the most
recent and largest of the PSUs. It was set-up in 1987 to implement the nuclear
power generation programme on commercial lines by converting the erstwhile
Nuclear Power Board into Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). It
is responsible for designing, constructing, commissioning and operating all
Nuclear Power Reactors in the country. The seven operating reactors have a
total installed capacity of 1435 mW and comprise of : two units of 160 mW each
at Tarapur near Bombay; two units of 220 mW each at Rawatbhata near Kota in
Rajasthan; two units of 235 mW each at Kalpakkam near Madras, and one unit of
235 mW at Narora in Uttar Pradesh. Excepting Tarapur units, which are of the
Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) type, all others are of the PHWR Type. While the
Rajasthan Reactors were set-up with the assistance of Canada, all subsequent
reactors are of indigenous design and construction.
Several more 235 mW
PHWRs are in various stages of construction. The second unit at Narora is
nearing completion and is expected to become critical during 1990?91.
Construction of two reactors at Kakrapar near Surat in Gujarat is also in an
advanced stage and the first of these is also expected to be commissioned
during 1991?92. Work is in progress on four more reactors two each at Kaiga in
Karnataka and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, which are expected to be completed
during 1995?96.
As regards future
power reactors advance action has been initiated on four more 235 mW units and
four PHWR units of 500 mW each. Detailed design and engineering of the 500 mW
PHWR units are also being done in house by NPCIL. To meet the growing demand
for electricity in southern region, it has also been decided to set-up two
1,000 mW VVWR units (of the Pressurised Water Reactor type) in Kudankulam, Tamil
Nadu, with Soviet assistance.
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