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    Currently, India has 21 nuclear power reactors with a total installed capacity of 5,780 MW, representing 3.5% of the country's total installed capacity. Projects under construction will add another 4,300 MW. The planned projects will significantly increase nuclear capacity to 33,564 MW. Nuclear electricity generation and capacity factors have been rising steadily in recent years, reaching over 35,000 GW-h and 83% respectively in 2013-14.

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    Currently, India has 21 nuclear power reactors with a total installed capacity of 5,780 MW, representing 3.5% of the country's total installed capacity. Projects under construction will add another 4,300 MW. The planned projects will significantly increase nuclear capacity to 33,564 MW. Nuclear electricity generation and capacity factors have been rising steadily in recent years, reaching over 35,000 GW-h and 83% respectively in 2013-14.

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    Currently, India has 21 nuclear power reactors with a total installed capacity of 5,780 MW, representing 3.5% of the country's total installed capacity. Projects under construction will add another 4,300 MW. The planned projects will significantly increase nuclear capacity to 33,564 MW. Nuclear electricity generation and capacity factors have been rising steadily in recent years, reaching over 35,000 GW-h and 83% respectively in 2013-14.

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    NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – PRESENT STATUS IN INDIA

    Currently, twenty­one nuclear power reactors have a total install capacity of 5,780 MW (3.5%
    of total installed base).
    Installed Power Station Capacity in India as of July 31, 2015

    Power station Operator State Type Units Total capacity (MW)


    Kaiga NPCIL Karnataka PHWR 220 x 4 880
    Kakrapar NPCIL Gujarat PHWR 220 x 2 440
    Madras
    NPCIL Tamil Nadu PHWR 220 x 2 440
    (Kalpakkam)
    Narora NPCIL Uttar Pradesh PHWR 220 x 2 440
    100 x 1
    Kota
    Rajasthan NPCIL PHWR 200 x 1 1180
    Rajasthan
    220 x 4
    BWR 160 x 2
    Tarapur NPCIL Maharashtra 1400
    PHWR 540 x 2
    VVER­ 1000 x
    Kudankulam NPCIL Tamil Nadu 1000
    1000 1
    Total 21 5780

    The projects under construction are:

    Expected
    Total capacity
    Power station Operator State Type Units Commercial
    (MW)
    Operation
    Madras Tamil
    Bhavini PFBR 500 x 1 500 April 2016
    (Kalpakkam) Nadu
    Unit 3: Late
    Kakrapar Unit 3
    NPCIL Gujarat PHWR 700 x 2 1400 2016/Early 2017,
    and 4
    Unit 4: 2017
    Unit 7: June 2016,
    Rajasthan Unit 7
    NPCIL Rajasthan PHWR 700 x 2 1400 Unit 8: December
    and 8
    2016
    Kudankulam Tamil VVER­
    NPCIL 1000 x 1 1000 June 2016[73]
    Unit 2 Nadu 1000
    Total 6 4300
    The planned projects are:

    Power Station Operator State Type Units Total Capacity (MW)


    Gorakhpur NPCIL Haryana PHWR 630 x 4 2,800
    Chutka NPCIL Madhya Pradesh PHWR 700 x 2 1400
    Mahi Banswara NPCIL Rajasthan PHWR 700 x 2 1400
    Kaiga NPCIL Karnataka PHWR 700 x 2 1400
    Madras NPCIL Tamil Nadu FBR 500 x 2 1000
    Site to be decided AHWR 300 x 1 300
    Kudankulam Tamil Nadu VVER­1000 1000 x 2 2000
    Jaitapur Maharashtra EPR 1650 x 6 9900
    Kovvada Andhra Pradesh ESBWR 1594 x 6 9564
    Mithi Virdi (Viradi) Gujarat AP1000 1100 x 6 6600
    Total 33 33564

    Some sites may be abandoned if not found technically feasible or due to strategic, geopolitical,
    international and domestic issues.
    The details of the nuclear power generation capacity in the country are given below: 

    Year Total nuclear Electricity Generation Capacity factor


    2008 – 09 14,921 GW∙h 50 %
    2009 – 10 18,798 GW∙h 61 %
    2010 – 11 26,472 GW∙h 71 %
    2011 – 12 32,455 GW∙h 79 %
    2012 – 13 32,863 GW∙h 80 %
    2013 ­ 14 35,333 GW­h 83 %

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