Establishment of Atomic Power Stations in the Country

Twenty nuclear power reactors with a total installed generation capacity of 4780 MW are currently in operation in India. In addition, seven nuclear power reactors are at various stages of construction/commissioning. Start of work on nineteen new nuclear power reactors is planned in the XII Five Year Plan.

Implementation of the proposed nuclear power projects are in line with Five Year Plan proposals. The Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) in respect of nuclear power projects, where applicable, are in accordance with laws/policies of the respective state.

The new projects during the XII Five Year Plan are planned to be set up in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The details are as under:

Project	Location	Type	Capacity (MW)
Indigenous Reactors
Gorakhpur 1&2	Gorakhpur, Haryana	PHWR	2 x 700
Chutka 1&2	Chutka, Madhya Pradesh		2 x 700
Mahi Banswara, 1&2	Mahi Banswara, Rajasthan		2 x 700
Kaiga 5&6	Kaiga, Karnataka		2 x 700
FBR 1&2	Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu	FBR	2 x 500
AHWR	Location to be decided	AHWR	300
Reactors with International Co-operation
Kudankulam 3&4	Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu	LWR	2 x 1000
Jaitapur 1&2	Jaitapur, Maharashtra		2 x 1650
Kovvada, 1&2	Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh		2 x 1500
Chhaya Mithi Virdi, 1&2	Chhaya Mithi Virdi, Gujarat		2 x 1100

Explanation for the different types of reactors indicated above is given below:

PHWR  :  Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors of indigenous design using Uranium based fuel.

FBR      :  Fast Breeder Reactors of indigenous design using Plutonium and Uranium based fuel.

AHWR  :   Advanced Heavy Water Reactor using enriched Uranium/Plutonium and  Thorium based fuel.

LWR     :  Light Water Reactors imported from foreign suppliers using enriched Uranium based fuel.