Article: India: Foundation for 700 MWe indigenous reactors in December.

Byline: kusumv03

The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of India s two biggest indigenous nuclear power reactors of 700 MWe capacity each at Kakrapara in Gujarat will take place by the end of next month (December), according to S.K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). They are called Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) and this is the first time that the NPCIL will be building indigenous PHWRs with a capacity of 700 MWe. So far it has built PHWRs of only 220 MWe or 540 MWe.

The excavation of foundation for both the 700 MWe units at Kakrapara will take place simultaneously by ...

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