In addition to
projects already under construction, financial sanction has been accorded for
construction of two indigenous reactors i.e. Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut
Pariyojana Units 1&2 (GHAVP 1&2) (2X700 MW) by Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Gorakhpur, Haryana and two
reactors at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu [Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
Units 3&4 (KKNPP –3&4)] to be built in technical co-operation with the
Russian Federation. Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), another
Public Sector Undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy will be
constructing two more Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR 1&2) of 600 MWe capacity
each at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
The amount allocated in the last
three years for the above three projects are given below:
|
Name
of the Project
|
Amount
Allocated (RE) in Rs. crore
|
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
|
|
GHAVP-1&2,
Gorakhpur Haryana
|
530
|
80
|
177
|
|
KKNPP-3&4,
Kudankulam Tamil Nadu
|
800
|
450
|
209
|
|
FBR-1&2,
Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu
|
Nil
|
27.60
|
Nil
|
Prototype
Fast Breeder Reactor of 500 MWe is presently under advanced stage of
commissioning and is targeted to produce power in FY 2015-16.
This information was given 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
Rajya Sabha today.
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