12 more nuclear plants in India soon

12 more nuclear plants in India soon says DAE chief

India will have 12 more nuclear power stations shortly to improve the power situation and also ensure free flow of uninterrupted power supply for both Industries and residential usage. Said K. N. Vyas, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, India at the International AtomExpo at Sochi in Russia held recently. He cited record run of Kaiga Nuclear Power station as an example. A small unit of indigenously-developed 220-250 MW reactor has completed 962 days of uninterrupted run at about 99.3 per cent of capacity. Indian Nuclear Industry has got a lease of life following the sanction of Narendra Modi Government for construction of 10 Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) in fleet mode.

 

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