The
Government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for
construction of 10 indigenous 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs)
in fleet mode. The reactors are planned at Kaiga, Karnataka (Kaiga-5&6),
Gorakhpur, Haryana (GHAVP-3&4), Chutka, Madhya Pradesh (Chutka-1&2) and
Mahi Banswara, Rajasthan (Units-1 to 4).
The total cost
of setting up the ten reactors is estimated at Rs.1,05,000 crore at constant
price level (excluding Escalation and Interest during Construction). The
details of power to be generated by these projects, State/UT -wise would be as
follows:
|
State
|
Project
|
Capacity
(MW)
|
|
Karnataka
|
Kaiga
5&6
|
2
X 700
|
|
Haryana
|
GHAVP
3&4
|
2
X 700
|
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
Chutka
1&2
|
2
X 700
|
|
Rajasthan
|
Mahi
Banswara 1 to 4
|
4
X 700
|
However,
as nuclear power projects are in the central sector, power generated by them
would be allocated to the beneficiary States/ UTs in the Electricity Region by
the Ministry of Power as per the extant guidelines.
The ten reactors are scheduled to be progressively completed
by the year 2031.
The nuclear
power reactors have a combination of advanced active and passive (not requiring
motive power or operator action) safety features. Some of the features include
Containment Spray System, Passive Decay Heat Removal System, Double Containment
with Steel Lined Inner Containment etc.
The materials /
components / equipment required for setting up these projects will be sourced
indigenously. In respect of fuel, a decision on using indigenous or imported
fuel in respect of each project would be taken by the Government at an
appropriate time.
The details of
the present installed nuclear power capacity in the country, State/UT wise and
reactor-wise are as below:
Operational
Nuclear Power Plants in the country
|
State
|
Location
|
Units
|
Capacity
(MW)
|
|
Maharashtra
|
Tarapur
|
TAPS-1
|
160
|
|
TAPS-2
|
160
|
|
TAPS-3
|
540
|
|
TAPS-4
|
540
|
|
Rajasthan
|
Rawatbhata
|
RAPS-1*
|
100
|
|
RAPS-2
|
200
|
|
RAPS-3
|
220
|
|
RAPS-4
|
220
|
|
RAPS-5
|
220
|
|
RAPS-6
|
220
|
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
Kalpakkam
|
MAPS-1
|
220
|
|
MAPS-2
|
220
|
|
Kudankulam
|
KKNPP-1
|
1000
|
|
KKNPP-2
|
1000
|
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
Narora
|
NAPS-1
|
220
|
|
NAPS-2
|
220
|
|
Gujarat
|
Kakrapar
|
KAPS-1#
|
220
|
|
KAPS-2#
|
220
|
|
Karnataka
|
Kaiga
|
KGS-1
|
220
|
|
KGS-2
|
220
|
|
KGS-3
|
220
|
|
KGS-4
|
220
|
*Under
extended shutdown for techno-economic assessment for continued operation.
#
Presently the units are under long
shutdown for Enmasse Coolant Channel Replacement (EMCCR) and Enmasse Feeder
Replacement (EMFR)
This
information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in
written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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