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2020-07-23

List of Nuclear Power Stations in India

Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power. As of 2016, India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, having a total installed capacity of 6,780 MW .
Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1 (TAPS-1) was the first Nuclear power plant in India. This plant is situated in Boisar, Maharastra since Oct-1969. At present, India has 22 operating reactors in 7 nuclear power plants with an installed capacity of 6780 MWe.
India’s and Asia’s first nuclear reactor was the Apsara research reactor at Mumbai. The domestic uranium reserve in India is small and the country is dependent on uranium imports from other countries to provide fuel to its nuclear power industry. Since the 1990s, Russia has been a major supplier of nuclear fuel to India. Read this full article to know the list of Nuclear Power Plants in India.

List of Nuclear Power Plants in India

Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)

Location: Maharashtra

Type: Boiling water reactor (BWR) & Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)

Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)

Location: Rajasthan

Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)

Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)

Location: Tamil Nadu

Type: Water-Water Energetic Reactor (VVER)-1000

Total capacity (MW): 2,000

Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)

Location: Karnataka

Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)

Total capacity (MW): 880

Power station	Operator	State	Type	Total capacity (MW)
Tarapur	NPCIL	Maharashtra	BWR PHWR	1400
Rawatbhata	NPCIL	Rajasthan	PHWR	1180
Kudankulam	NPCIL	Tamil Nadu	VVER-1000	2000
Kaiga	NPCIL	Karnataka	PHWR	880
Kakrapar	NPCIL	Gujarat	PHWR	440
Kalpakkam	NPCIL	Tamil Nadu	PHWR	440
Narora	NPCIL	Uttar Pradesh	PHWR	440
Total				6780

Nuclear Power Plant projects under construction are

Power station	Operator	State	Type	Total capacity (MW)
Rajasthan Unit 7 and 8	NPCIL	Rajasthan	PHWR	1400
Kakrapar Unit 3 and 4	NPCIL	Gujarat	PHWR	1400
Madras (Kalpakkam)	Bhavini	Tamil Nadu	PFBR	500
Kudankulam	NPCIL	Tamil Nadu	VVER-1000	2000
Total				5300

The planned projects are