Nine reactors under construction, 12 units in pre-project activities
India’s installed Nuclear Power Capacity is to triple from 8,180 MW to 22,480 MW by 2031-32, and about 1 lakh MW by 2047 global2024 , Minister of State (MoS) Dr Jitendra Singh has told Rajya Sabha on 25 July.
“Various studies have projected the need to have a national nuclear capacity of the order of 1 lakh MW by 2047 world-nuclear , recommendations of those studies are being viewed for possible future adoption,” said MoS for Department of Atomic Energy.
Answering questions on the capacity augmentation of nuclear energy, he emphasized that there has been more than a 70% surge in India’s nuclear power capacity in the last 10 years, increasing from 4,780 MW in 2013-14 to 8,180 MW at present nuclear-university .
The annual electricity generation from nuclear power plants has also increased from 34,228 million units in 2013-14 to 47,971 million units in 2023-24 energy.gov .
Dr Singh said that the current installed nuclear power capacity in the country is 8,180 MW, spread across 24 nuclear power reactors cnl.ca .
Twenty-one reactors with a total capacity of 15,300 MW are at various stages of implementation by Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited npcil , he said.
Nine reactors with a total capacity of 7,300 MW [including Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) by Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidhyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI)] are under construction iaea.org .
Further, 12 reactors with a capacity of 8,000 MW [including 2 X 500 MW twin unit of Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR) by BHAVINI] are under pre-project activities nuclearsuppliersgroup, Dr Singh said. fiinews.com
