Nuclear Power Station in India

Nuclear Power Station in India

A generation station in which nuclear energy is converted into electrical energy is known as Nuclear Power Station.

Nuclear Power Station In India

As per Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., the present status of nuclear power stations is as follows :

Sr. No.	Location of Nuclear Power Plant	Types of Reactor	Details of Unit in Operations	Capacity of each Unit	Total Capacity	Cumulative Generation upto July 2007 (in mega units)
1.	Tarapur (Maharashtra)	Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR)	Unit 1 and Unit 2 Unit 3 and Unit 4	160 MW each 540 MW each	1400 MW	36479 MU
2.	Rawatbhata (Rajsthan)	PHWR	Unit 1,Unit 2,Unit 3 and Unit 4	100 MW 200 MW 220 MW each	740 MW	59963 MU
3.	Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu)	PHWR	Unit 1 and 2	220 MW each	440 MW	43467 MU
4.	Narora(Uttar Pradesh)	PHWR	Unit 1 and 2	220 MW each	440 MW	37896 MU
5.	Kakrapar (Gujrat)	PHWR	Unit 1 and 2	220 MW each	440 MW	36436 MU
6.	Kaiga (Karnataka)	PHWR	Unit 1 and 2	220 MW each	440 MW	20312 MU

Following plants are under construction/expansion :

Sr.
No.

Location
of Nuclear Power Plant

Type
of Rector

Total
Capacity

Kaiga (Karnataka)

Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)

Kundankulam (Tamilnadu)

PHWR

VVER

220 Mw

440 Mw

2000 Mw

The present development of nuclear power is an outcome of work carried out by Cockcraft and Walton. In their experimentation, they split lithium atom into two helium atoms by bombarding it with an accelerated proton, in this process large amount of heat and radiation was produced.