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This article is about the Uranium powered PHWR and PWR operator. For the Plutonium and Thorium powered fast breeder nuclear reactor operator, see BHAVINI.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
Company typePublic Sector Undertaking
ISININE206D09194
IndustryElectric utility
FoundedSeptember 1987; 37 years ago (1987-09)[1]
HeadquartersWorld Trade Centre,
Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India[2]
Area served
India
Key people
B. C. Pathak
(Chairman & MD)
ProductsElectric power
Production output
46472 MU (2019-20) [3]
ServicesElectricity generation
RevenueIncrease₹12,858 crore (US$1.5 billion)(2020) [4]
Increase₹6,920 crore (US$830 million) (2020)[4]
Increase₹4,459 crore (US$530 million) (2020)[4]
Total assetsIncrease₹102,211 crore (US$12 billion) (2020)[4]
Total equityIncrease₹40,685 crore (US$4.9 billion) (2020)[4]
OwnerGovernment of India (100%)
Number of employees
11,233 (March 2019)
Websitewww.npcil.nic.in

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is an Indian public sector undertaking based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is wholly owned by the Government of India and is responsible for the generation of electricity from nuclear power. NPCIL is administered by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

NPCIL was created in September 1987 under the Companies Act 1956, "with the objective of undertaking the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the atomic power stations for generation of electricity in pursuance of the schemes and programmes of the Government of India under the provision of the Atomic Energy Act 1962." All nuclear power plants operated by the company are certified for ISO-14001 (Environment Management System).

NPCIL was the sole body responsible for constructing and operating India's commercial nuclear power plants till setting up of BHAVINI Vidyut Nigam) in October 2003. As of 10 August 2012 the company had 21 nuclear reactors in operation at seven locations, a total installed capacity of 6780 MWe.[5][6] Subsequent to the government's decision to allow private companies to provide nuclear power, the company has experienced problems with private enterprises "poaching" its employees.[7]

Nuclear plants

Operational

Unit Location Type Capacity
(MWe) 		Since Under IAEA safeguards[8]
TAPS-1 Tarapur, Maharashtra BWR 160 28 October 1969 Since 16 October 2009
TAPS-2 160
TAPS-3 IPHWR-540 540 18 August 2006 No
TAPS-4 540 15 September 2005
RAPS-2 Rawatbhata, Rajasthan CANDU 200 1 April 1981 Since 16 October 2009
RAPS-3 IPHWR-220 220 1 June 2000 Since 9 March 2010
RAPS-4 220 23 December 2000
RAPS-5 220 4 February 2010 Since 16 October 2009
RAPS-6 220 31 March 2010
MAPS-1 Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu IPHWR-220 220 27 January 1984 No
MAPS-2 220 21 March 1986
NAPS-1 Narora, Uttar Pradesh IPHWR-220 220 1 January 1991 Since 12 December 2014
NAPS-2 220 1 July 1992
KAPS-1 Kakrapar, Gujarat IPHWR-220 220 6 May 1993 Since 3 December 2010
KAPS-2 220 1 September 1995
KAPS-3 IPHWR-700 700 22 July 2020 Since 11 September 2017
KGS-1 Kaiga, Karnataka IPHWR-220 220 6 November 2000 No
KGS-2 220 6 May 2000
KGS-3 220 6 May 2007
KGS-4 220 27 November 2010
KKNPP-1 Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu VVER-1000 1000 22 October 2013 Since 16 October 2009
KKNPP-2 1000 10 July 2016
Total Capacity 7380

Inactive/Shutdown

Unit Location Type Capacity
(MWe) 		Operational date Shutdown date Notes Under IAEA safeguards[8]
RAPS-1 Rawatbhata, Rajasthan CANDU 100 16 December 1973 October 2004 Shutdown, Pending decommissioning[9] Since 16 October 2009

Under construction

Unit Location Type Capacity
(MWe) 		Expected Date Under IAEA safeguards[8]
KAPS-4 Kakrapar, Gujarat IPHWR-700 700 2021 Since 11 September 2017
RAPS-7 Rawatbhata, Rajasthan 700 2022 Since 23 December 2019
RAPS-8 700
GHAVP-1 Gorakhpur, Haryana 700 2025 No
GHAVP-2 700
KGS-5 Kaiga, Karnataka 700 2026
KGS-6 700
KKNPP-3 Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu VVER-1000 1000 2023[10] Since 7 May 2018
KKNPP-4 1000
KKNPP-5 1000 2025 To be included
KKNPP-6 1000
Total Capacity 8900

Proposed

Power Plant Type Capacity
(MWe)
Jaitapur in Maharashtra EPR 9900 (6 × 1650 MW)
GHAVP-3 and 4 (Gorakhpur, Haryana) IPHWR-700 1400 (2 × 700 MW)
Mithi Virdi in Gujarat LWR 6000 (6 × 1000 MW)
Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh ESBWR 6000 (6 × 1000 MW)
Chutka in Madhya Pradesh IPHWR-700 1400 (2 × 700 MW)
Bhimpur, Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh 2800 (4 × 700 MW)
Total Capacity 27500·

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". NPCIL. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Contact Us". NPCIL. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.npcil.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/MA_News_12may2020_01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ a b c d e "Balance Sheet 31.03.2020".
  5. ^ "Plants in Operation". www.npcil.nic.in. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Kaiga-4 achieves criticality". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010.
  7. ^ Private sector giants `poach' NPCIL personnel The Hindu, Monday, 20 November 2006
  8. ^ a b c "INFCIRC/754/Add.10 - Agreement between the Government of India and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities - Addition to the List of Facilities Subject to Safeguards Under the Agreement" (PDF). International Atomic Energy Agency. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ Subramanian, T. S. (22 February 2011). "RAPS-1 reactor not decommissioned". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Construction officially begins on Kudankulam 3 and 4 - World Nuclear News".
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