At present four indigenous nuclear power
reactors, KAPP 3&4 (2X700 MW) at Kakrapar, Gujarat; and RAPP 7&8 (2X700
MW) at Rawatbhata, Rajasthan, are under construction and are expected to be
completed by 2019. In addition, a Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor of 500 MW
capacity is at an advanced stage of commissioning at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
Financial
sanction has been accorded for two indigenous reactors
i.e. GHAVP 1&2 (2X700 MW) at Gorakhpur, Haryana and these are being
readied for launch in 2015 - 16. These are scheduled for completion in
2021. Two more indigenous 700 MW reactors are also expected to be to be
completed by 2024.
In
July 2014, a target of tripling the then existing capacity of 4780 MW in the
next ten years was set. While a capacity of 1000 MW has already been added to
the grid in December 2014 by start of commercial operation of Kudankulam
Unit-1, this target is expected to be met, largely on progressive completion of
projects under construction and projects accorded financial sanction. The
Government had also accorded ‘in principle’ approval of the following sites for
locating nuclear power projects in future, based on both indigenous
technologies and with foreign cooperation:
|
Site
|
State
|
Capacity (MW)
|
In cooperation with
|
|
Indigenous Reactors
|
|
Gorakhpur,
|
Haryana
|
4 X 700
|
Indigenous
|
|
Chutka
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
2 X 700
|
|
Bhimpur
|
4 X 700
|
|
Kaiga
|
Karnataka
|
2 X 700
|
|
Mahi Banswara
|
Rajasthan
|
4 X 700
|
|
With Foreign Cooperation
|
|
Kudankulam
|
Tamil Nadu
|
4 X 1000
|
Russian Federation
|
|
Jaitapur
|
Maharashtra
|
6 X 1650
|
France
|
|
Chhaya Mithi Virdi
|
Gujarat
|
6 X 1000*
|
USA
|
|
Kovvada
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
6 X 1000*
|
USA
|
|
Haripur
|
West Bengal
|
6 X 1000
|
Russian Federation
|
*Nominal
Capacity
Pre-project
activities are in progress at various stages at these sites, where the projects
will be taken up progressively, in phases of twin units at a site. The
Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has set for itself an ambitious target of
reaching an installed generation capacity of 63000 MWe by the year 2031-32.
The installed nuclear generation capacity by 2031-32 would depend on actual
start of projects and their completion, which in turn would be contingent to
completion of pre-project activities like land acquisition and obtaining
statutory clearances and conclusion of techno-commercial discussion in respect
of reactors to be set up with foreign co-operation.
This
information was provided by MoS in the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of
State in the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh in
written reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today.
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