Nuclear Power Plants in India

1. Tarapur:

• Location: Maharashtra (Collaboration with USA)

• Type: Boiling Water Reactor & Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor.

• Operation: 28 Oct. 1969.

• It is the oldest nuclear power plant in India.

• It was also the first Nuclear Power Station of Asia.

2. Rawatbhata:

• Location: Rajasthan, near Kota (In Collaboration with Canada)

• Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.

• Type: Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor.

• Operation: 16^th Dec. 1973

3. Kudankulam: (Recent Opening Collaboration with USSR)

• Location: Tamil Nadu

• Type: Water Energetic Reactor.

• Operation: 22 Oct. 2013

4. Kaiga:

• Location: Karnataka (In Collaboration with Russia).

• Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India ltd.

• Type: Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor.

• Operation: Bank of the River Kaveri

5. Kakrapar:

• Location: Gujarat (In Collaboration withRussia)

• Type: Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor.

• Operation: 6^th May 1993.

• Present on the Bank of the River Tapi.

6. Kalpakkam: (Indira Gandhi Nuclear Power Station)

• Location: Tamil Nadu

• Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.

• Operation: It is India’s first Indigenous Nuclear Power Station.

7. Narora:

• Location: Uttar Pradesh, on bank of the River Ganga.

• Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.

• Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor.

• Operation: 1^st Jan 1991

• Collaboration: Russia.

Key Notes:

• Nuclear power is the 4^th largest source of electricity in India.

1. Thermal Power

2. Hydroelectric Power

3. Renewable Power (Wind Power)

4. Nuclear Power

• Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is a Public Sector Enterprise render the administrative control of Dept. Of Atomic Energy (DAE) GOI.

The HQ of NPCIL is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• Kudankalam in Tamil Nadu is the highest capacity generating nuclear power plant in India.

• Tarapur Atomic Power Station is the first nuclear power station in India.

• Nuclear Accidents:

  • Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster – 26 April 1976, Ukraine

  • Fukushima Daiichi – 11 March 2011, Japan