New Delhi: India’s nuclear watchdog, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), has granted a five-year operational license to two homegrown 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat. The board, in an official press release, said, "The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has concluded the Design and Commissioning Safety Reviews and issued the License for Operation of Units 3 and 4 of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-3&4), the coun...Read More

Surat: Lok Sabha MP from Surat, Mukesh Dalal, has proposed that the feasibility of setting up new nuclear power units at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station be examined. He presented this suggestion during a meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Union Ministry of Power, held at the Kakrapar facility under the chairmanship of Union Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Speaking at the meeting, Dalal highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India a $30 trillion economy by 2...Read More

Kakrapar: India's second domestically built 700 megawatt nuclear reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat began operating at full capacity on Wednesday, as announced by the plant operator. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) in a press release said, "The Unit 4 of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS 4 - 700 MW) commenced operation at its full power of 700 MW today." KAPS-4 achieved its first criticality on December 17 last year and started commercial operatio...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on 22 February 2024, where he will unveil development projects worth thousands of crores of rupees for the people of the state. This marks the second occasion in February that the Prime Minister will be presenting the gift of developmental projects to the people of Gujarat. Just recently, on February 10, he virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for over 1 lakh houses. During this visit, Prime Minister Shri Narendra M...Read More

Surat: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi will inaugurate two new indigenously developed reactors at Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant in Gujarat on 22 February during his home-state visit. Kakrapar is located about 80 km from Surat in South Gujarat. The two new reactors — unit 3 and unit 4 — are the first two in the series of sixteen indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each being set up in the country. A pressurised heavy water reactor uses natural uranium as fuel and...Read More

Surat: The second domestically built 700 MW nuclear power reactor in India, situated at Kakrapar achieved its initial criticality marking the start of controlled fission reactions this Sunday. This development paves the way for the transition towards generating electricity for commercial purposes. The Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), B C Pathak, was in attendance when this feat was observed at 1:17 am. Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (...Read More

કાકરાપાર: “ભારતે વધુ એક સીમાચિહ્ન હાંસલ કર્યું. પ્રથમ સૌથી મોટું સ્વદેશી 700 MWe કાકરાપાર ન્યુક્લિયર ગુજરાતમાં પાવર પ્લાન્ટ યુનિટ-3 સંપૂર્ણ ક્ષમતાથી કામગીરી શરૂ કરી છે.”- વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ�...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated scientists and engineers for achieving another milestone as the first largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat started operations at full capacity. In a Twitter post, the Prime Minister said,“India achieves another milestone. The first largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat starts operations at full capacity. Congratulations to  our scientists and engineers.” India...Read More

Kakrapar: India’s first indigenously developed 700 MWe nuclear power reactor KAPP-3 at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in South Gujarat has started commercial operations today at 90 percent of its total power. The Government of India's arm, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is setting up two 700 MW pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar - KAPP-3 and KAPP-4. Kakrapar is also home to two 220 MW power plants. Officials have reported that several co...Read More

Surat: Unit  of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station(KAPS) which was non functional for last over two years due to leakage has now achieved criticality and resumed nuclear fission chain reaction in reactor at full capacity. 220 MWe KAPS  unit achieved criticality at 2.22 am on Monday after fulfilling all procedures as per the prescribed norms and procedures. Unit  was non functional since March 2016 due to heavy coolant water leakage incident following which both reactors had stop functioning. Proce...Read More