Kaiga nuclear power plant

The Kaiga Atomic Power Station is located in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. The plant services India's southern grid and provides power to five states (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Pondicherry) [1] In September 2011, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has announced the plant's expansion plan to add two more units (Unit 5 and Unit 6) to its existing four units. After the announcement local villagers were inspired by the protests against the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, the protestors claimed that the plant is threatening their lives as well as livelihood. Just before the decision to set up two more units, officials from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) surveyed the region around the Kaiga plant. They identified 43 villages that should be given away for the plant's infrastructure facilities [4] Fed up with the inaction of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to ensure health facilities and escape routes in case of a nuclear accident within the five-kilometre radius of KGS, people of 44 villages have begun an indefinite strike [3]. Villagers around the Kaiga nuclear plant in Karnataka claimed that the nuclear power plant is a threat to their lives and are protesting against the two new units on Nov 2011 [2] In 2011, inhabitants of 35 villages surrounding the Kaiga plant, alongside activists and elected representatives, gathered at Mallapura Hinduwada to discuss the project. The gathering unanimous...

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) Excavation work for two 700 MW indigenously developed nuclear power plants in Karnataka’s Kaiga began on Thursday, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said. The ground-breaking ceremony was held in the presence of NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director Bhuwan Chandra Pathak at the Kaiga Generating Station in Karwar district of Karnataka. “Kaiga 5&6 reactors are the first set of 10 indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors sanctioned by the government to be set up in fleet mode,” the NPCIL said in a statement. The components and equipment for the reactors are supplied by domestic industries and the work is being executed by Indian contractors, it said. The present installed capacity of the Kaiga site is 880 MW with four units of 220 MW each. With the completion of Kaiga 5&6, the capacity of the Kaiga site will increase to 2,280 MW. Earlier, the NPCIL, which is building the two plants, had completed the bifurcation fencing separating units 5&6 from the existing four units of 220 MW each. Vehicle radiation monitoring system and access control systems were operational at the site, the NPCIL had informed the nuclear regulator. The government told Parliament last month that the construction of the two 700 MW PHWRs was likely to start next year with the ‘first pour of concrete’, kick-starting the ‘fleet mode’ development of the nuclear power plants. The Union Cabinet had approved the construction of 10 nuclear power plants of 700 ...

India’s 220-MW Kaiga 1 nuclear power plant, an indigenously designed pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR), on Dec. 31 became a world record holder for running 962 unbroken days. The previous record for continuous operation was held by Heysham-2 Unit 8 in the UK, which ran 940 days before it was taken offline on Dec. 10. The state-owned Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. (NPCIL) said the 1999-completed unit (Figure 1) at the four-unit plant in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state continuously operated from May 13, 2016, until Dec. 31, 2018, when it was taken offline for inspection and maintenance. During that period, the unit generated about 5 billion units of electricity at a plant load factor of about 99.3%. 1. The 220-MW Kaiga 1 in Uttara Kannada district of India’s Karnataka state went offline on Dec. 31, 2018, after completing 962 days of continuous operation—a world record. Courtesy: India Department of Atomic Energy Kaiga 2, 3, and 4 (which were completed between 2000 and 2012) are still running, and as of Jan. 1, Kaiga 2 had operated continuously for 661 days. NPCIL noted that along with Kaiga, several Indian nuclear reactors have achieved continuous operation of more than 365 days 28 times. Two other reactors, Rajasthan 3 and Rajasthan 5, have reportedly achieved continuous operating runs of 777 days and 765 days, respectively. The record unbroken run “demonstrates the pre-eminence of NPCIL in the design, construction, and operation of PHWRs with unprecedent...

The construction of two 700 MW nuclear power units at Kaiga in north Karnataka is likely to start next year with the Department of Atomic Energy officials informing the lawmakers that Kaiga 5 and 6 may witness the “first pour of concrete” in 2023. The two new units at Kaiga would mark the beginning of construction in ten 700 MW nuclear power units that were approved by the Union Cabinet in 2017 in a fleet mode. Kaiga would be followed by first pour of concrete at Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana Units - 3 and 4 at Gorakhpur in Haryana and four such units at Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan in 2024 followed by two units at Chutka in Madhya Pradesh in 2025. All are 700 MW units – the biggest home made nuclear reactors. Construction of ten reactors in fleet mode at a cost of Rs 1,05,000 crore was approved by the Union government in June 2017. The purpose of the fleet mode clearance was to carry out parallel pre-project activities so that construction can start at once as soon as all the ground work is completed at any of the sites. In its report tabled in the Parliament earlier this week, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology said moving of reactors from ‘pre-project stage’ (including excavation) to ‘under construction stage’ is marked by placement of first pour of concrete (FPC) and based on the present status of projects, the FPC of Kaiga 5 and 6 would be expected in 2023. While the land is available at Kaiga, the environmental clearance from the Ministry of Env...

The Kaiga nuclear power plant expansion project involves the construction of two units namely KGS-5 and KGS-6 with a capacity of 700MW each on 1,665ha of land. The US$2,954 million (INR210,000 million) project includes the following: 1. Installation of reactors 2. Installation of associated processing systems 3. Installation of steam generators ….. more details on the scope of this project are covered in the report. In addition, the project profile includes core details such as stage, location, key dates, scope, background and description. Also included are key companies involved in the project such as project owner, planning authority, FEED/design company and main contractor, as well as selected operational metrics. Note: This is an on-demand report that will be delivered upon request. The report will be delivered within 2 business days of the purchase, excluding weekends and holidays. Certain sections of the report may be removed or altered based on data availability and relevance. Scope Following wealth of information on NPCI – Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant Expansion 1400 MW – Karnataka is covered in the scope of this report: • Project Name • Value • Location • Stage • Sector • Announcement Quarter • Start Quarter • End Quarter • Scope • Background • Description • Key Stakeholders Reasons to Buy • Gain complete view of value, progress, and key dates of NPCI – Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant Expansion 1400 MW – Karnataka project • View all key s...

What is the Kaiga Atomic Power Center? The indigenously designed Kaiga Atomic Power Station’s (KAPS) Units 1 and 2 began operations in 2000. The Kaiga-1 nuclear power unit started its continuous operation in 2016. Both had cost the exchequer Rs 2,800 crore. For a long time, international sanctions following the 1994 and 1998 nuclear tests kept India’s nuclear program in limbo. The sanctions were lifted only when the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Deal was signed. IAS and other government exam aspirants must also check out the list and details of Preparing for the upcoming • • • • • • • Third Largest Atomic Power Station in India It is the third-largest nuclear power plant in India, Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS), located in Karwar district, is near river Kali in Karwar district of Karnataka. Surrounded by verdant rainforest, KAPS is run by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). Beneficiary states The Kaiga Atomic Power Station supplies 67% of the power generated by its nuclear reactors to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry. The remaining 33% is reserved for the home state Karnataka. Kaiga Atomic Plant – World Record The Kaiga Atomic Power Station currently has four working nuclear power units. Units 5 and 6 were proposed but faced opposition. In 2018, Unit-1 ran uninterrupted for 941 days, a world record. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “major feat.” KAPS Unit 1 beat a British reactor’s world record of 940 days. Candidates prep...