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India to launch six nuclear reactors in next 2-3 years

India is expected to launch six more nuclear reactors in the next two to three years, a top government atomic scientist said here. "Six more reactors are scheduled to be launched in the next two or three years," Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India R Chidamabaram said here while addressing the 25th Brigadier S K Mazumdar memorial lecture here.

Chidambaram said four reactors, including two units each in Kakrapar and Rawatbhata, are in an advanced stage of construction and will help in increasing the installed nuclear capacity to 7000 MW.

One of the reactors at the Kudankulam power plant inTamilnadu is also expected to start functioning by the end of this year.

The reactor has been made with assistnce from Russia and will be inaugurated during the visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in December.

He said the government's vision was to reach nuclear power capacity of 63,000 MW by the year 2032. "Of this, the contribution of reactors set up through international cooperation is likely to be about 40,000 MW," he added.

On climate change, Chidamabaram said the government is considering launching the ninth National Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, which will look at the development of the Advanced Ultra Supercritical Technology (AUST) for coal-based power plants.


India to launch six nulcear reactors in next 2-3 years - Hindustan Times
 
Indian Railways eyeing 1000 MW captive nuclear plant to meet energy needs

KOLKATA: The Indian Railways, preparing for captive power plants to meet its energy requirements, is now eyeing nuclear energy.

"Indian Railways has expressed interest for captive nuclear power of 1000 MW (500 MW x 2). The Railways want to examine the possibilities. We are looking into it," Department of Atomic Energy's secretary Srikumar Banerjee told PTI here.

The two proposed units would not impact the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)'s plan for ten nuclear plants of which four plants have received approval.

According to the current cost, the two small 500 MW nuclear power plants, for which the Railways has adequate land, would cost around Rs 10,000 crore.

NPCIL, which would be the executing agency, might use indigenous high pressure water technology reactor, regarded as cost effective.

"Our 500/700 MW nuclear power plants are more cost effective than imported technology," Banerjee said.:cheers::cheers:

If the plans fructify, the arrangement might be on the lines of the Indian Railways-NTPC joint venture 'Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company' to set up a captive power plant at Nabinagar in Bihar's Aurangabad district.

The plant would have a capacity of 1000 MW. The Indian Railways are also planning to set up another power plant of 1,320 MW at Adra in West Bengal's Purulia district to avail traction supply at economical rates.

Out of the four units of the 250 MW at Nabinagar power plant, the first unit was likely to be commissioned by March 2012 and the other three after every three months thereafter.

Railways eyeing captive nuclear plant to meet energy needs - The Economic Times
 

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