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Kaiga Power Situated at Kaiga, near the river Kali, in Uttara Kannada district.
Station The plant has been in operation since 2000 and is operated by the Nuclear
Power Corporation of India.
It has four units.
In December 2018, it got the distinction of setting a world record of
continuous operation among all nuclear power plants.
KGS-1, which was synchronized to India's Southern grid on 13 May 2016,
continues to operate for a record number of 962 days.
Cooling sources- Kadra Dam, Kali river.
Total capacity- 800 MW
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Kakrapar Power station is adjacent to the Mandvi, Surat and Tapi river in the state
Atomic Power of Gujarat.
Station Phase I consist two 220 MW pressurised water reactor with heavy
water as moderator.
In 2003, Kakrapar atomic station designated as the best performing
pressurised heavy water reactor.
Cooling source- Ukai dam, Tapi river.
Total capacity- 1140 MW.
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Kundankulam It is the largest nuclear power station in India, situated in Kudankulam in

Power station the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
Built in collaboration with Atomstroyexport, the Russian state company
and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited with an installed
capacity of 6,000 MW of electricity.
An Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on the project was signed on
1988 by the Rajiv Gandhi and the Mikhail Gorbachev, for the
construction of two reactors.
Cooling source- Laccadive sea.
Total capacity- 2000 MW.
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Madras atomic It is located at Kalpakkam, Chennai.

power station It includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors.
It is also India's first fully indigenously constructed nuclear power
station, with two units each generating 220 MW of electricity.
It is also home to India's first large scale fast breeder reactor of 500 MWe
called the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor.
The cracking of coolant pipes led to the discovery of Zircaloy
(Zirconium) pieces in a moderator pump.
Total capacity- 440 MW.
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Narora atomic Located in Narora, Uttar Pradesh.

power station The plant has two reactors, each a pressurized heavy-water
reactor (PHWR) capable of producing 220 MW of electricity.
In 1993, Nuclear meltdown has occurred due to malfunctioning of
turbine blades and fault in the reactor’s cabling system.
Cooling source- Narora Barrage, River Ganga.
Total capacity- 440 MW.
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Rajasthan It is located at Rawatbhata.

Atomic power In 2012, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) audited two
station reactors at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station for safety. It has been
concluded that the reactors are among the best in the world, the
indigenously made 220 MW atomic plants can withstand a Fukushima
type of accident.
Cooling source- Rana Prathap Sagar dam, Chambal river.
Total capacity- 1080 MW.
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Tarapur Atomic It is located in Tarapur, Palghar (Maharashtra) India.

power station It was the first commercial nuclear power station built in India.
Tarapur Atomic Power Station was constructed initially with two boiling
water reactor (BWR) units under the agreement between India, the
United States, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In 2007, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) evaluated seismic
safety features at Tarapur 1 and 2 and reported many shortfalls,
following which NPCIL installed seismic sensors.
Cooling source- Arabian sea.
Total capacity- 1400 MW.
Planned nuclear power plants in India:
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Jaitapur Maharashtra

Kovvada Andhra Pradesh

Kavali Andhra Pradesh

Gorakhpur Haryana

Mahi Banswara Rajasthan

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Chutka Madhya Pradesh

Chennai Tamil Nadu

Tarapur Maharashtra