Table 2: Nuclear power plants - present status and future plans

Plants under operation:

2720 MWe

14 reactors at 6 sites viz.,
Tarapur, Rawatbhata, Kalpakkam,
Narora, Kakrapar and Kaiga

  
Plants under construction: 3960 MWe

2 x 540 PHWR at Tarapur
2 x 220 PHWR at Kaiga
2 x 220 PHWR at Rawatbhata
2 x 1000 VVER at Kudankulam

  
Plants likely to commence in the current financial year:  
1 x 500 PFBR  
Future plans:  
One AHWR having a rating of 300 MWe and a mix of 500 MWe FBRs, 680 MWe PHWRs and 1000 MWe LWRs so as to reach a total of about 20 000 MWe by the year 2020.  
Nuclear Power in India: An Inevitable Option for Sustainable Development of a Sixth of Humanity

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