Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh today informed that During 2021-22 nuclear power reactors generated 47112 Million Units of electricity, which comprises about 3.15% of the total electricity generated in the country.

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the present installed nuclear power capacity is set to increase from 6780 MW to 22480 MW by 2031 on progressive completion of projects under construction and accorded sanction.  The Government has also accorded ‘in principle’ approval for new sites to set up nuclear reactors in future.

The details are as follows:

State	Location	Project	Capacity (MW)
Projects Under Construction
Gujarat	Kakrapar	KAPP-3$ & 4	2 X 700
Rajasthan	Rawatbhata	RAPP-7&8	2 X 700
Tamil Nadu	Kudankulam	KKNPP-3&4	2 X 1000
		KKNPP-5&6	2 X 1000
Tamil Nadu	Kalpakkam	PFBR	500
Haryana	Gorakhpur	GHAVP-1&2	2 X 700
Projects Accorded Administrative Approval & Financial Sanction
Karnataka	Kaiga	Kaiga-5&6	2 X 700
Haryana	Gorakhpur	GHAVP– 3&4	2 X 700
Madhya Pradesh	Chutka	Chutka-1&2	2 X 700
Rajasthan	Mahi Banswara	Mahi Banswara-1&2	2 X 700
		Mahi Banswara-3&4	2 X 700

^$ KAPP-3 (700 MW) has been connected to the grid on January 10, 2021

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