TNPSC Thervupettagam

700 MW nuclear reactor

July 10 , 2023 363 days 432 0
  • India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor has started commercial operations.
  • It is located at the Kakrapar atomic power project (KAPP)-3 in Gujarat.
  • The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is building two 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar.
  • The government has sanctioned building of 10 indigenously developed PHWRs in fleet mode at four locations.
  • They are Gorakhpur in Haryana, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh, Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan and Kaiga in Karnataka.

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