L&T has signed a JV deal with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) on 30 November 2009 for setting up a Rs 2,000-crore project to make forgings for nuclear power plants.

The manufacturing facility is expected to come up at Hazira, Gujarat, to produce special steels and ultra heavy forgings. it is expected to have a dedicated steel melt shop producing ignots weighing upto 600 million tonne each. As per sources, making forgings for nuclear plants needed duplex and austenitic steels that are highly corrosion resistant.

L&T's existing Hazira facility is producing forgings for the hydrocarbon and power sector. The standards and specification for nuclear forgings are different and required an upgrade of the present facility to accommodate larger dimensions of design, thus, a new facility is required to be set up.

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