Nuclear Power Plants in India

Key Details

Revised on 16-May-2018

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# Plant Location Capacity Date of

(MW) Commercial
Operation

1. Tarapur Atomic Power Tarapur, Maharashtra 1,400 28 Oct 1969

Station
2. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Kudankulam, 2,000 22 Oct 2013
Plant Tamil Nadu

3. Rajasthan Atomic Power Rawatbhata, 1,180 16 Dec 1973

Station Rajasthan
4. Kaiga Atomic Power Station Kaiga, Karnataka 880 16 Nov 2000

5. Madras Atomic Power Kalpakkam, Chennai 440 24 Jan 1984

Station
6. Kakrapar Atomic Power Kakrapar, Gujarat 440 6 May 1993
Station
7. Narora Atomic Power Narora, Uttar 440 1 Jan 1991
Station Pradesh

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Key Notes:

 Nuclear power is the fourth-largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric
and renewable sources of electricity.
 Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is a Public Sector Enterprise under
the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.
 The Headquarters of NPCIL is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 NPCIL is presently (As of Sept 2017) operating 22 commercial nuclear power reactors with
an installed capacity of 6780 MW and another 8 reactors under various stages of
construction totaling 6200 MW capacity.
 S. K. Sharma is the present CMD of NPCIL.

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 Kudankulam is the highest capacity generating nuclear power plant in India.

 Tarapur Atomic Power Station is the first Nuclear Power station in India.
 France derives about 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy.

(source: http://www.npcil.nic.in)

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