Distinguished scientist S. K. Sharma has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for a five year term. On assuming charge, Sharma said that safety in all aspects of the nuclear power plants in India will continue to be his highest priority....
France's Alstom wins order to supply turbines and generator to nuclear power plant
Alstom, in consortium with India's BHEL, has secured a contract from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to supply turbine generator package for its Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) units 7 & 8, located at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan. Alstom's share in the total consortium contract is $100 million....
Construction of Seventh Reactor at India's largest nuclear facility begins
This week, the First Pour of Concrete (FPC) was initiated at RAPP-7, the seventh reactor to built at the Rawatbhata, Rajasthan location in the deserts of northwestern India. The new plant will have a capacity of 700 megawatts, the largest heavy water reactor possible. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India...
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...
India to place 14 nuclear energy reactors under IAEA safeguards.
India has taken the first step of identifying 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors for safeguards. At present IAEA safeguards apply to six Indian reactors. The ‘separation’ plan was announced in March 2006 during President George W. Bush's visit to India. Under it, India has to place a total of...