Nuclear Power Plants

Nuclear Power is very important for each country nowadays. Almost each country is using nuclear power for generating electricity and also in defence sector for creating nuclear weapons.

Nuclear power is the 5th-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power.

As of November 2020, India has 23 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 7,480 MW.

Nuclear power produced a total of 43 TWh in 2020-21, contributing 3.11% of total power generation in India (1,382 TWh). 10 more reactors are under construction with a combined generation capacity of 8,000 MW.

India’s and Asia’s first nuclear reactor was the Apsara research reactor at Mumbai.

The domestic uranium reserve in India is small and the country is dependent on uranium imports from other countries to provide fuel to its nuclear power industry.

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Here we compiled the list of nuclear power plants in India. You can download pdf file of this article.

List of Operational Nuclear Power Plants in India

List of Nuclear Power Plant Projects Under Construction

List of Planned Nuclear Projects