With 2,800-mega watt (mw) of nuclear power capacity already under construction, the government is all set to announce the setting up of yet another 1,400-mw nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad district of Haryana at an estimated cost of about Rs. 20,600 crore.
Following clearance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who heads the Department of Atomic Energy, a note has been readied for the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to accord financial and technical clearance to this project.
To be called as the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana Units-1&2 (GHAVP-1&2), the plant will be built by the Nuclear Power Corp of India (NPCIL) using the indigenous Pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) technology — the mainstay of India’s atomic power generation sector.
“The unit 1 (of 700 mw) is proposed to be commissioned in 63 months and unit 2 (of anther 700 mw) in 69 months from the date of first pour of concrete,” it added.
Against Pakistan’s total existing nuclear capacity of 770 mw, India already boasts of an in place capacity of 4,460 mw. After construction of this new project, along with 2,800 mw under construction at Kakrapar in Gujarat and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, India’s nuclear power capacity will go up to 8,660 mw.
Following clearance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who heads the Department of Atomic Energy, a note has been readied for the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to accord financial and technical clearance to this project.
To be called as the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana Units-1&2 (GHAVP-1&2), the plant will be built by the Nuclear Power Corp of India (NPCIL) using the indigenous Pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) technology — the mainstay of India’s atomic power generation sector.
“The unit 1 (of 700 mw) is proposed to be commissioned in 63 months and unit 2 (of anther 700 mw) in 69 months from the date of first pour of concrete,” it added.
Against Pakistan’s total existing nuclear capacity of 770 mw, India already boasts of an in place capacity of 4,460 mw. After construction of this new project, along with 2,800 mw under construction at Kakrapar in Gujarat and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, India’s nuclear power capacity will go up to 8,660 mw.
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