Articles tagged under: Kakrapar

India’s 2nd indigenous 700 MW Nuclear Reactor at Kakrapar fully operational

August 22, 2024
India’s 2nd indigenous 700 MW Nuclear Reactor at Kakrapar fully operational

Kakrapar: India's second domestically built 700 megawatt nuclear reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat began operating at full capacity on Wednesday, as announced by the plant operator. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) in a press release said, "The Unit 4 of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS 4 - 700 MW) commenced operation at its full power of 700 MW today." KAPS-4 achieved its first criticality on December 17 last year and started commercial operatio...Read More

PM Narendrabhai Modi to dedicate/launch Rs. 44,000 crore development projects in South Gujarat

February 21, 2024
PM Narendrabhai Modi to dedicate/launch Rs. 44,000 crore development projects in South Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on 22 February 2024, where he will unveil development projects worth thousands of crores of rupees for the people of the state. This marks the second occasion in February that the Prime Minister will be presenting the gift of developmental projects to the people of Gujarat. Just recently, on February 10, he virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for over 1 lakh houses. During this visit, Prime Minister Shri Narendra M...Read More

PM Modi to inaugurate two new indigenously developed reactors at Kakrapar in Gujarat

February 19, 2024
PM Modi to inaugurate two new indigenously developed reactors at Kakrapar in Gujarat

Surat: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi will inaugurate two new indigenously developed reactors at Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant in Gujarat on 22 February during his home-state visit. Kakrapar is located about 80 km from Surat in South Gujarat. The two new reactors — unit 3 and unit 4 — are the first two in the series of sixteen indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each being set up in the country. A pressurised heavy water reactor uses natural uranium as fuel and...Read More

700 MW ‘Indigenous’ Reactor at Kakrapar achieves first criticality

December 18, 2023
700 MW ‘Indigenous’ Reactor at Kakrapar achieves first criticality

Surat: The second domestically built 700 MW nuclear power reactor in India, situated at Kakrapar achieved its initial criticality marking the start of controlled fission reactions this Sunday. This development paves the way for the transition towards generating electricity for commercial purposes. The Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), B C Pathak, was in attendance when this feat was observed at 1:17 am. Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (...Read More

કાકરાપાર એટોમિક પાવર સ્ટેશન- યુનિટ-3 એ 700 મેગાવોટની સંપૂર્ણ ક્ષમતા પ્રાપ્ત કરી

September 01, 2023
કાકરાપાર એટોમિક પાવર સ્ટેશન- યુનિટ-3 એ 700 મેગાવોટની સંપૂર્ણ ક્ષમતા પ્રાપ્ત કરી

કાકરાપાર: “ભારતે વધુ એક સીમાચિહ્ન હાંસલ કર્યું. પ્રથમ સૌથી મોટું સ્વદેશી 700 MWe કાકરાપાર ન્યુક્લિયર ગુજરાતમાં પાવર પ્લાન્ટ યુનિટ-3 સંપૂર્ણ ક્ષમતાથી કામગીરી શરૂ કરી છે.”- વડાપ્રધાન શ્રી નરેન્દ...Read More

PM Modi commends India’s first locally developed Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3 as it starts operating at full capacity

September 01, 2023
PM Modi commends India’s first locally developed Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3 as it starts operating at full capacity

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated scientists and engineers for achieving another milestone as the first largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat started operations at full capacity. In a Twitter post, the Prime Minister said,“India achieves another milestone. The first largest indigenous 700 MWe Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 in Gujarat starts operations at full capacity. Congratulations to  our scientists and engineers.” India...Read More

India’s first locally developed nuclear reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat starts operations

June 30, 2023
India’s first locally developed nuclear reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat starts operations

Kakrapar: India’s first indigenously developed 700 MWe nuclear power reactor KAPP-3 at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in South Gujarat has started commercial operations today at 90 percent of its total power. The Government of India's arm, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is setting up two 700 MW pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar - KAPP-3 and KAPP-4. Kakrapar is also home to two 220 MW power plants. Officials have reported that several co...Read More

Unit of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station functional again after over two years

September 19, 2018
Unit of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station functional again after over two years

Surat: Unit  of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station(KAPS) which was non functional for last over two years due to leakage has now achieved criticality and resumed nuclear fission chain reaction in reactor at full capacity. 220 MWe KAPS  unit achieved criticality at 2.22 am on Monday after fulfilling all procedures as per the prescribed norms and procedures. Unit  was non functional since March 2016 due to heavy coolant water leakage incident following which both reactors had stop functioning. Proce...Read More

Kakrapar atomic power station may take 3-8 months to recover

April 15, 2016

New Delhi The Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) unit 1 in Gujarat, which has been shutdown since March due to radioactive leak, may still take nearly 3-8 months for full recovery. Sources said that Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the watchdog of the Indian nuclear sector, is investigating the matter. But a senior Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) official said the plant, which is near Surat, may take around 7-8 months to become fully operational. Kakrapar Ato...Read More

Leakage in Kakrapar Atomic power station detected immediately: Govt

March 16, 2016

New Delhi The recent "incident" of leakage of a coolant pipe in one of the units of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat was detected "in a few moments", the government said today. Responding to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour, Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh said the leakage, which occured four days ago, was an "incident" and not an "accident". To keep the temperature down, alternative systems came into play when the coolant pi...Read More