Nuclear Power PlantsHighlights
- Seeking to give a fresh impetus to India՚s domestic nuclear power production.
- The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to build 10 indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors
- The addition of 7,000 MW is more than the combined present installed capacity of 6,780 MW
- The new reactors are of significantly higher capacities compared to the PHWRs currently under operation.
- The plants will be set up by Nuclear Power Corporation of India on its own and in joint ventures with other state-run companies like NTPC.
- The standard PHWR being used in India is of 220 MWe though two 540 MWe reactors were installed in Tarapur in 2005 and 2006.
Industry Cheers Move
- Leading companies involved in the sector cheered the move.
- The government will further enable Indian industry to mature to global standards and in the process.
- Develop and nurture Indian skill and talent in the nuclear sector.
- Kaustubh Shukla, Chief Operating Officer, Industrial Products Group, Godrej & Boyce,
- The Nuclear Power Corp had the technology and ability to build indigenous reactors.
- We are confident that the new indigenously developed nuclear power plants will go a long way in reducing.
- The perennial energy deficit that the country has been living with.
- We feel this initiative will bring about a renewed vigour in the country՚s power generation sector.
✍Examrace Team at Aug 27, 2021