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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Rajasthan Unit Reaches First Criticality
Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant unit 7 - India's third indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor - achieved first criticality on 19 Septemb…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Milestones for Rajasthan Reactors Old and New
Days after unit 3 at the Rajasthan nuclear power plant returned to service after the completion of major refurbishment, fuel loading has begun at the first of t…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Framatome, KHNP to Cooperate on Medical Isotope Production
Framatome and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) are to assess the feasibility of producing medical isotope lutetium-177 in the Candu pressurised heavy water re…
Nuclear Reactor
Indian Regulator Gives Go-Ahead for Reactor Start-up
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has given its permission for the first approach to criticality of unit 4 at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant. The unit…
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
Indian Unit Reaches Construction Milestone
Hot conditioning of unit 7 at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant has been completed, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has announced. The unit is the third i…
Nuclear Fuel
Fuel Loading Begins at Kakrapar 4
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd started loading the first fuel into the core of the pressurised heavy water reactor unit on 20 October, after receiving p…
Nuclear Reactor
India's Kakrapar 3 Begins Commercial Operation
The first Indian-designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) has begun commercial operation in Gujurat - almost three years after reaching first cri…
Nuclear Power Plant
India's BHEL Awarded Steam Generator Contract for Domestic PHWRs
The contract - worth about INR14 billion - was awarded under NPCIL's "fleet mode" procurement programme.
Nuclear Power Plant
Indian Regulator Gives Go-Ahead for First Concrete at Gorkakhpur
The indigenously designed units are to be built by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.