Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has won an order for supply of 32 reactor header assemblies from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).
The order has been secured under NPCIL’s fleet mode procurement for India’s highest rated, indigenously-developed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) to be set up at four different locations in the country.
This is the first equipment order placed by NPCIL under the fleet mode procurement programme. It will give an impetus to domestic manufacturing.
The government of India had accorded approval for fleet mode implementation of 10 nuclear reactors of 700 MWe PHWRs in 2017.
The setting up of the 10 nuclear reactors will further energise the Atmanirbhar Bharat mission.
BHEL has been associated with all the three stages of the Indian Nuclear Power Programme and the primary supplier for reactor headers, steam turbines, steam generators, motors, etc to NPCIL.
Till now all the reactor header assemblies for 700 MWe PHWR-based nuclear power projects in India have been supplied by BHEL.
The company has dedicated infrastructure and skilled manpower to address the special design, manufacturing and testing requirements complying with international codes and standards for various components/equipment of NPPs.
Currently, around 75 percent of PHWR-based nuclear power plants in India are equipped with BHEL-supplied turbine and generator sets.