India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The present installed nuclear power capacity is 8780 MW (excluding RAPS-1).
Three 700 MW PHWR units i.e. RAPS-8 (700 MW) at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan and GHAVP-1&2 (2 x 700 MW) at Gorakhpur in Haryana are presently under active construction. In addition, ten reactors of 700 MW each are at various stages of pre-project activities - two each at Kaiga in Karnataka, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh & Gorakhpur in Haryana and four at Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan.
BARC has initiated design and development works on SMRs namely,
It is proposed to construct the lead units of these reactors at DAE site for technology demonstration. The demonstration reactors are likely to be constructed in 60 to ...