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Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is a wholly owned Enterprise of the Government of India under the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India.
The company operates six nuclear power stations: Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in Maharashtra; Rajasthan (RAPS) in Rajasthan, Madras (MAPS) in Tamil Nadu, Narora (NAPS) in Uttar Pradesh, Kakrapar (KAPS) in Gujarat and Kaiga (Kaiga) in Karnataka. In total NPCIL operates 13 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) reactors and another 5 are under construction. |
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| Kaiga 1 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 11/16/2000 |
| Kaiga 2 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 03/16/2000 |
| Kaiga 3 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | Mar 2007 |
| Kaiga 4 | PHWR CANDU | Under construction | 202 | 220 | |
| Kakrapar 1 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 05/06/1993 |
| Kakrapar 2 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 09/01/1995 |
| Madras 1 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 155 | 170 | 01/27/1984 |
| Madras 2 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 03/21/1986 |
| Narora 1 | PHWR CANDU | Refurbishment | 202 | 220 | 01/01/1991 |
| Narora 2 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 07/01/1992 |
| Rajasthan 1 | PHWR CANDU | Laid up | 90 | 100 | 12/16/1973 |
| Rajasthan 2 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 187 | 200 | 04/01/1981 |
| Rajasthan 3 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 06/01/2000 |
| Rajasthan 4 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 12/23/2000 |
| Rajasthan 5 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 202 | 220 | 12/22/2009 |
| Rajasthan 6 | PHWR CANDU | Under construction | 202 | 220 | |
| Tarapur 3 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 490 | 540 | 08/18/2006 |
| Tarapur 4 | PHWR CANDU | Operational | 490 | 540 | 09/12/2005 |
| Total installed capacity | 3,140 | 3,650 | |||
| Additional capacity under construction | 606 | 660 | |||
Contact Information:
Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Vikram Sarabhai Bhavan,
Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai - 400 094
India
Phone +91-22-5560222; Fax +91-22- 5563350
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