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GovernmentofIndia
DepartmentofAtomicEnergy
17December201417:45IST

NuclearPowerProgramme

TheGovernmentiscommittedtoimplementthethirdstageofIndianNuclear
PowerProgramme,afteranadequatenuclearinstalledcapacityhasbeenreachedbased
onFastBreederReactorstobesetupinthesecondstage.Onaccountofnonexistence
ofanyfissileisotopeinnaturallyoccurringThorium(unlikethatexistinginUranium),
commercialutilisationofThorium,onasignificantscale,canbeginonlywhenabundant
supply of either Uranium or Plutonium resources are available. Upon the launch,
followedbyasignificantgrowthofathoriumbasednuclearprogrammeinthismanner,
it could be possible to maintain the achieved level (without much further growth) of
nuclear power programme with thorium alone, without additional demands on
uraniumorplutoniumresources.Therefore,consideringthemeagerdomesticuranium
resources in the country, it is feasible to start a significant commercial level Thorium
basedreactorprogrammeinourcountryonlyafteranadequateinventoryofPlutonium
becomes available from our Fast Breeder Reactors, comprising the second stage of
Indian nuclear programme. Accordingly, the utilisation of Thorium as a practically
inexhaustibleenergysourcehasbeencontemplatedduringthethirdstageoftheIndian
nuclearprogramme,whichcanbereachedafterafewdecades.
Substantialworkhasbeencarriedoutintheareasofresearchontechnologiesfor
utilisation of Thorium in nuclear fuel cycle, and on the development of an Advanced
HeavyWaterReactor(AHWR),toserveasatechnologydemonstratorforuseofthorium
basedfuelonalargescale.

Thedetailsaregivenbelow:
Projectsinitiatedinthelastfiveyears:

Project
KakraparAtomicPowerProjectUnits
3&4(KAPP3&4)
RajasthanAtomicPowerProjectUnits
7&8(RAPP7&8)

Location
Kakrapar,
Gujarat
Rawatbhata,
Rajasthan

Capacity
(MW)

CompletionCost
(`crore)

2X700

11459

2X700

12320

ThedetailsofNuclearPowerProjectsplannedforstartofworkintheXIIFiveYear
Planaregivenbelow:

Project
Location
Capacity
(MW)

IndigenousReactors
Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Gorakhpur,Haryana

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Pariyojana(GHAVP1&2)

2x700

Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atomic

PowerProject(CMPAPP1&2)
MahiBanswara,1&2

Chutka,MadhyaPradesh

2x700

MahiBanswara,Rajasthan

2x700

Kaiga5&6

Kaiga,Karnataka

2x700

FastBreederReactor(FBR1&2)
Advanced Heavy Water Reactor
(AHWR)
ReactorswithForeignCooperation
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project
(KKNPP3&4)
JaitapurNuclearPowerProject(JNPP
1&2)
Kovvada,1&2

Kalpakkam,TamilNadu

2x500

Locationtobedecided

300

ChhayaMithiVirdi,1&2

Kudankulam,TamilNadu

2x1000

Jaitapur,Maharashtra

2x1650

Kovvada,AndhraPradesh

2x1500

ChhayaMithiVirdi,Gujarat

2x1100

TheapprovedcostofGorakhpurHaryanaAnuVidyutPariyojana(GHAVP)1&2is`20594crore
andthatofKKNPP3&4is`39849crore.ThecostoftheotherplannedprojectsunderXIIFive
YearPlanisyettobefinalised.

ThisinformationwasgivenbytheMinisterofStateintheMinistryofPersonnel,PG&
PensionsandinthePrimeMinistersOfficeDr.JitendraSinghinawrittenreplyintheLokSabha
today.
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