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Fleet Mode Implementation Conclusion
Shifting gears
India is poised to achieve significant growth in nuclear
To achieve a quantum leap in implementing nuclear power generation in the years to come, and nuclear
power projects, NPCIL has announced fleet mode power generation capacity will reach to the tune of
implementation of 10 numbers of 700 MW PHWR 25 GW by 2030. The second and third-stage nuclear
reactors (a fully indigenously developed design), power generation strategy will be accelerated to
thus enabling further addition of 7000 MW of achieve long-term energy security. Nuclear power will
power generation capacity within next ten years. play a significant role in realising the net-zero carbon
Following are the proposed projects under fleet-mode commitment to be achieved in 2050, considering the
implementation. lower carbon footprint.

Reactor Plant
Project
Type Capacity
Kaiga Atomic Power Project PHWR 2 x 700 MW
(Kaiga-5&6) Author
Gorakhpur Haryana
Anu Vidyut Pariyojana PHWR 2 x 700 MW Ramadurai Raghavan
(GHAVP-3&4) Head of Delivery - Power Business
Chutka Nuclear Power PHWR 2 x 700 MW Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE)
Project (Chutka-1 &2)

Mahi Banswara Nuclear
Power Project PHWR 2 x 700 MW
(Mahi 1&2)

Mahi Banswara Nuclear
Power Project PHWR 2 x 700 MW
(Mahi 3 & 4)

Next stage reactors

Indian Government has set up a company, Bharatiya
Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) to construct
and commission fast breeder reactors in our country.
BHAVINI is presently building 500MWe Prototype Fast
Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam. The PFBR is
the fore-runner for future installations of Fast Breeder
Reactors in our country. The PFBR is being built with the
design and technology developed at the Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam. 1. GHAVP 1&2 (2025)
700 MWe PHWR (U/C)
India has developed two types of advanced reactors, 2. Narora 1&2 (1991-92)
220 MWe PHWR
namely, AHWR and AHWR300-LEU, to adopt a large 3. Rawatbhata 5&6 (2010) 6. Kaiga 3&4 (2007-11)
scale utilisation of thorium for power generation in 220 MWe PHWR 220 MWe PHWR
Stage-3 of the nuclear power program. These reactors Rawatbhata 7&8 (2022-23) Kaiga 5&6 (Approved)
700 MWe PHWR
700 MWe PHWR (U/C)
are of 300 MW capacity and of boiling light water 4. Kakrapar 1&2 (1993-95) 7. Kudankulam 1&2 (2016)
cooled and heavy water moderated reactor. 220 MWe PHWR 1000 MWe PWR (VVER)
Kakrapar 3&4 (2021) 8. Kalpakkam 1&2 (1984-86)
700 MWe PHWR (U/C)
AHWR reactor will use Thorium-Plutonium or Thorium- 220 MWe PHWR
Uranium233 as fuel, while AHWR-LEU reactor will use 5. Tarapur 3&4 (2005-06) Kalpakkam PFBR (2012)
220 MWe PHWR
500 MWe FBR (U/C)
Thorium-Low enriched Uranium fuel.

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