Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced that India will commission one nuclear reactor every year from 2020 which is expected to give a big boost to renewable energy production in the country.
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The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) which is responsible for overseeing atomic energy policy in India said the Kakrapar-3 power station is likely to be commissioned by mid-2020, Kakrapar-4 by 2021 and RAPP-7 in Rajasthan’s Rawatbhata by 2022.
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has 22 reactors across India and is the only agency to operate such plants.
Senior DAE official Shrikrishna Gupta informed that the Maharashtra-based Tarapur Atomic Power Reactors completed 50 years of operation which were commissioned in October 1969. He also added that the Karnataka’s Kaiga Power Station unit 1 also created a world record by operating for 941 days.
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Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power. As of March 2018, India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 6,780 MW. Nuclear power produced a total of 35 TWh and supplied 3.22% of Indian electricity in 2017. 7 more reactors are under construction with a combined generation capacity of 4,300 MW. India has been making advances in the field of thorium-based fuels which is a key part of India’s three-stage nuclear power programme. More Info
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