The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has achieved a significant milestone with the full operation of unit 4 at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS), reaching its maximum capacity of 700 megawatts (MW). This achievement marks the second domestically built nuclear reactor in India to attain full capacity,...
India’s NPCIL receives Steam Generators for Kakrapar Atomic Power Station Unit 3
Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai has supplied two 700 MWe steam generators for Unit 3 of the Kakrapar nuclear energy plant located in the state of Gujarat. Each steam generator weighs about 215 tons and is made of special low-alloy quenched & tempered steel ...
700 MW nuclear plant project achieves first mileston at Kakrapar
Construction work of India's first pair of indigenously designed 700-MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) for Kakrapar Atomic Power Project Units 3 and 4 began in Gujarat State with the "first pour of concrete". The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd current operates two smaller units at this location and...