The Government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for construction of twelve (12) nuclear power reactors in the country. The details of these projects are given below:
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State
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Location
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Project
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Capacity(MW)
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Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) to be set up in fleet mode
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Madhya Pradesh
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Chutka
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Chutka-1&2
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2 X 700
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Karnataka
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Kaiga
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Kaiga-5&6
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2 X 700
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Rajasthan
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Mahi Banswara
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Mahi Banswara- 1&2
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2 X 700
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Haryana
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Gorakhpur
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GHAVP– 3 & 4
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2 X 700
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Rajasthan
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Mahi Banswara
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Mahi Banswara- 3&4
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2 X 700
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Light Water Reactor (LWR) to be set up in cooperation with Russian Federation
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Tamil Nadu
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Kudankulam
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KKNPP– 5&6
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- X 1000
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In addition, the Government has accorded ‘In principle’ approval of the following sites for setting up nuclear power plants in future.
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State
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Site
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Capacity(MW)
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bhimpur
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4 X 700
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Maharashtra
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Jaitapur
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6 x 1650
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Andhra Pradesh
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Kovvada
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6 x 1208
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Gujarat
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Chhaya Mithi Virdi
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6 x 1000*
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West Bengal
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Haripur
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6 x 1000*
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*Nominal Capacity
There is no proposal currently to locate a nuclear power plant in the state of Kerala. However, Kerala is allotted 140 MW & 133 MW share of electricity from KKNPS Units-1&2 (2X1000 MW) respectively.
(Source: Southern Region Power Committee notification dated 20.10.2017)
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is a Public Sector Enterprise of the Department of Atomic Energy and fully owned by the Government of India. The mandate of NPCIL is implementation of the first stage of the indigenous three-stage nuclear power programme comprising of natural uranium fuelled Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) and Light Water Reactors (LWRs) set up with foreign technical cooperation.
NPCIL activities include all aspects of commercial nuclear power reactors encompassing Design, Construction, Commissioning, Operation & Maintenance, Renovation & Modernisation, Research & Development, Upgrades, Life Management and Waste Management.
This was stated by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
BB/NK/JM/2243