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Tab le 1.1: Status of various Nuclear Power Projects

Utility/

Project Stage Project District / State Licensee/ Type Review Status
Applicant

Kudankulam Tirunelveli/ Nuclear Power 1000 MWe VVER Clearance for First
Nuclear Power Tamil Nadu Corporation (light water reactor) Pour of Concrete (FPC)
Project of India Limited each, of Russian granted in June 2017.
(KKNPP)-3&4 (NPCIL) Design
Kudankulam

KKNPP-5&6, Tirunelveli/ NPCIL 1000 MWe VVER Clearance for site
Kudankulam Tamil Nadu (light water reactor) excavation (rst stage
each, of Russian of construction consent)
Design was issued in
November 2018.
Construction
Gorakhpur Fatehabad/ NPCIL 700 MWe PHWR Clearance for First Pour
Haryana Anu Haryana each, of of Concrete was granted
Vidyut Pariyojana indigenously on November 18, 2020.
(GHAVP)-1&2, design
Gorakhpur

Rajasthan Atomic Chittorgarh/ NPCIL 700 MWe PHWR Clearance for Major
Power Project Rajasthan each, of Equipment Erection
(RAPP)-7&8, indigenously (last stage of
Rawatbhata design construction consent)
was issued in
March 2015.
Kaiga NPP- 5&6 Karwar / NPCIL 700 MWe PHWR Clearance for Siting
Karnataka each, of was issued on
indigenously November 18, 2020.
design

PFBR, Kalpakkam Kancheepuram/ Bhartiya 500 MWe prototype Clearance for receipt,
Tamil Nadu Nabhikiya Fast Breeder handling and storage
Vidyut Nigam reactor of of 42 number of fresh
(BHAVINI) indigenous design fuel subassemblies at
fuel building was issued
in June 2019.

Commissioning
KAPP-3&4, Tapi/ Gujarat NPCIL 700 MWe PHWR Clearance for Phase-C
Kakrapar each, of indigenous commissioning was
design issued on
November 2, 2020 for
KAPP Unit#3.

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