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- 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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