To ramp up nuclear power generation in India, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to build ten new pressurized heavy water reactors. Each reactor will have the capacity to produce 700 MW of electricity.
Currently, India has installed nuclear power capacity of 6,780 Mw from 22 operational plants. Another 6,700 Mw of nuclear power is expected to be added by 2021-22 when currently under-construction projects go onstream in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
The 10 reactors would be built at Mahi Banswara (Rajasthan), Chutka (Madhya Pradesh), Kaiga (Karnataka) and Gorakhpur (Haryana).
As the government marks three years of its nation and people-centric governance, in a first of its kind project for India nuclear power industry, the 10 new units will come up in fleet mode as a fully homegrown initiative. It would be one of the flagship Made in India projects in this sector, a government statement said.
With likely manufacturing orders of close to Rs 70,000 crore to the domestic companies, the project is expected to help transform the Indian nuclear industry and likely generate more than 33,400 jobs in direct and indirect employment.
The Cabinet decision reflects the government commitment to prioritize the use of clean power in India energy mix, as part of low-carbon growth strategy and to ensure long-term baseload requirement for the national industrialization. It also supports Indian commitment to sustainable development, energy self-sufficiency, and bolsters global efforts to combat climate change, Goyal said.
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