Surat: The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has announced a significant operational milestone with the successful completion of refuelling of 1,000 fuel channels at Unit-4 of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-4), a 700 MWe reactor, on February 15, 2026. KAPS-4 is the second indigenously developed 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) and reflects the technological maturity of India’s advanced nuclear power programme. Refuelling operations in a PHWR are among ...Read More

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