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Nuclear power is the seventh-largest source of electricity in India after coal, solar, wind, hydro, gas and biomass. [citation needed] As of November 2024, India has 24 nuclear reactors in operation in 8 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 8,180 MW.
Monazite powder, a rare earth and thorium phosphate mineral, is the primary source of the world's thorium. India's three-stage nuclear power programme was formulated by Homi Bhabha, the well-known physicist, in the 1950s to secure the country's long term energy independence, through the use of uranium and thorium reserves found in the monazite sands of coastal regions of South India.
Nuclear Power Corporation of India: Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) Nuclear power station ; Reactors: 2: Reactor type: PHWR: Reactor supplier: NPCIL/BARC: Cooling towers: 2 × Natural Draft: Cooling source: Narora Barrage, River Ganga: Thermal capacity: 2 × 754 MW th: Power generation; Units operational: 2 × 220 MW ...
The Fast Breeder Reactor-600 (FBR-600) or Indian Fast Breeder Reactor (IFBR) or Commercial Fast Breeder Reactor (CFBR) is a 600-MWe fast breeder nuclear reactor design presently being designed as part of India's three-stage nuclear power programme to commercialise the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor built at Kalpakkam.
The reactor was designed to produce 40 MW of thermal power and 13.2 MW of electrical power. The initial nuclear fuel core used in the FBTR consisted of approximately 50 kg (110 lb) of weapons-grade plutonium. The FBTR has rarely operated at its designed capacity and had to be shut down between 1987 and 1989 due to technical problems.
Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project is a proposed nuclear power plant in India. If built, it would be the largest nuclear power generating station in the world by net generation capacity, at 9,900 MW. [3] [4] The power project is proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and would be built at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in ...
The nuclear power industry is increasingly looking to smaller reactors, which run on HALEU. These reactors can last longer than conventional ones and fit into smaller spaces — making them more ...
After Canada withdrew from the project, research, design and development work in the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) enabled India to proceed without assistance. India took help of Soviet Union whose VVER(Pressurised Water Reactor type) technology was used as a design for indigenization. Some ...