Rajasthan atomic power station

The Rawatbhata nuclear power station (RAPS) is built at Rawatbhata, District Chittorgarh, near the Maharana Pratap Dam in Rajasthan. There are 6 Units operating today. The first two Indian PHWRs- RAPS-I and RAPS-2 were taken up for construction as a joint venture with Canada in the 60s. They are situated in Rawatbhata, a remote village in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan and about 64 kilometres from the industrial town of Kota. The land selected is in between the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam and Gandhi Sagar Dam at the right bank of the Chambal river. The water from the reservoir meets the requirement of nuclear power stations. The site is ideally located and also well connected by the Railways. Commercial operation of RAPS-I began in December 1973. However, during the construction of RAPS-2 the Canadian support was abruptly withdrawn after the peaceful nuclear experiment conducted by India in 1974 at Pokharan. But, Indian know-how and capability largely helped in its advancement. RAPS-2 started commercial operation in 1981. Overcoming the initial teething problems both the plants are now working at optimum capacity levels [9] Beside the already operating reactor, the Union Government has given financial sanction for establishment of two new power reactors of 700 MW capacity each at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in Rajasthan [2] The capacity of RAPS would go up to 2,580 MW after the projects completion in 2016-17 [1, 3,5 ] The Units 3 & 4 of the Rajasthan Atomic Pow...

The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Unit 3 (RAPS-3) has set a new record of continuous 766 days of operations on Wednesday, breaking the earlier record of the RAPS-5 of 765 days of non-stop operations in 2014, an official said here. Another 220-MW nuclear reactor of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) at Kaiga, the KGS-1, has been operating without break for the past 873 days now. So far, on 28 occasions, NPCIL’s reactors around the country have demonstrated continuous operations of over a year, said the official. “The consistent, safe and reliable operation of reactors for long periods bears testimony to the maturity achieved in nuclear power technology,” said A.K. Nema, NPCIL’s AD (CP&CC). NPCIL operates 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780-MW power generation capacity, including the 100-MW RAPS-I, at Rawatbhata, near Kota in Rajasthan. However, the RAPS-I, which started commercial operations in December 1973, is now under “an extended shutdown” since October 2004 for techno-economic assessment of its continuance.

Unit-3: KAPP-3&4 is India’s first pair of indigenously designed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) of 700 MW unit size located at Kakrapar in Gujarat, where two units of 220 MW PHWRs are already in operation. The first unit (Unit-3) has been commissioned with successful achievement of major milestone “First Criticality” (controlled self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction for the first time) on July 22, 2020 after receipt of regulatory clearance. The unit is synchronised with grid and generating infirm power. 4 Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor(PHWR) 700 Under Review Unit-4: KAPP-3&4 is India’s first pair of indigenously designed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) of 700 MW unit size located at Kakrapar in Gujarat, where two units of 220 MW PHWRs are already in operation. In Second unit (Unit-4), Major civil works are completed. PHT hydrotest is completed and balance works are in progress. Major Completed Milestones S.No. Activity Unit No. Completion Month Unit No. Completion Month 01 First pour of concrete 3 Nov-2010 4 Mar-2011 02 Release calandria vault for end shield erection 3 Feb-2013 4 Aug-2013 03 Completed alignment & welding of end shield calandria and grout 3 Dec-2014 4 Mar-2016 04 Installed calandria tubes 3 Aug-2015 4 Aug-2017 05 Completed coolant channel installation 3 Jun-2016 4 May-2018 06 Erection of Feeders 3 Aug-2018 4 Oct-2021 07 PHT Hydro Test 3 Feb-2019 4 Apr-2022 08 PHT Hot Conditioning 3 Aug-2019 4 - 09 First Criticality 3 Jul-2020 4 -...

Active plants Under construction Planned plants In October 2010, India drew up a plan to reach a nuclear power capacity of 63 GW in 2032. Nuclear power in India has suffered from generally low capacity factors. As of 2021, the lifetime weighted energy [ citation needed] India has been making advances in the field of History [ ] Nuclear power generation Year Generation (TWh) 2006 39.1 Early nuclear physics research [ ] As early as 1901, the By 1939, Meghnad Saha, the Palit Professor of Physics at the Establishment of atomic energy in India [ ] Following the In March 1946, the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research (BSIR), under the dewan, Sir Early in 1947, plans were made to establish a Uranium Unit under the Geological Survey of India, to focus on identifying and developing resources of uranium-bearing minerals. On 23 March 1948, Prime Minister With effect from 1 June 1948, the advisory board for Research in Atomic Energy, together with its parent organisation the CSIR, was folded into the new Early research reactors [ ] At a meeting of the Atomic Energy Commission on 15 March 1955, the decision was made to construct a small nuclear reactor at Trombay. The reactor would be used for training personnel for the operation of future reactors and for research, including experiments in nuclear physics, studying the effects of irradiation and the production of isotopes for medical, agricultural and industrial research. Apsara, the reactor was housed in a 100 x 50 x 70 concre...