New Delhi: All future nuclear reactors in India will be located in nuclear parks, the first of which is being set up in Jaitapur in Maharashtra, head of Nuclear Power Corporation of India, S K Jain said.
Each of these nuclear parks would have between eight to ten nuclear reactors, all of same type and capacity, which will be set up in phases, Jain said.
He was speaking after NPCIL signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French company Areva for building two nuclear reactors in Jaitapur. The number of reactors at Jaitapur would be eventually increased to eight and aim at generating between 8,000-10,000 MW of electricity.
"We are in the process of finalising more sites for locating these nuclear parks. These would be announced very soon," he said.
Many of the current atomic power stations also have more than two reactors. Jain said setting up nuclear parks would ensure a planned development of the site, the infrastructure around it and eventually come to be cheaper than stations with just one or two reactors.
Each of these nuclear parks would have between eight to ten nuclear reactors, all of same type and capacity, which will be set up in phases, Jain said.
He was speaking after NPCIL signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French company Areva for building two nuclear reactors in Jaitapur. The number of reactors at Jaitapur would be eventually increased to eight and aim at generating between 8,000-10,000 MW of electricity.
"We are in the process of finalising more sites for locating these nuclear parks. These would be announced very soon," he said.
Many of the current atomic power stations also have more than two reactors. Jain said setting up nuclear parks would ensure a planned development of the site, the infrastructure around it and eventually come to be cheaper than stations with just one or two reactors.
The new reactors would also be high-capacity ones, in the range of 1000 MW and above. The two being set up in Jaitapur by Areva are 1650 MW each and the ones that would be built there at a later stage would also be of the same capacity, he said.
The Jaitapur reactors are also based on a new technology, EPR which has been developed by Areva. It is currently developing four such reactors, two in China, one in France and another in Finland. EPRs, or European Pressurised Reactors, have a slight advantage over the reactors that are being currently used in India in that no heavy water is required in them.
The Jaitapur reactors are also based on a new technology, EPR which has been developed by Areva. It is currently developing four such reactors, two in China, one in France and another in Finland. EPRs, or European Pressurised Reactors, have a slight advantage over the reactors that are being currently used in India in that no heavy water is required in them.
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