Hyderabad-based Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is in the process of expediting implementation of Rs 4,200 crore second facility coming up at Kota in Rajasthan.

The company is in the process of implementing the second Nuclear Fuel Complex in the country at Kota which will be ready by 2022. This will have a capacity to produce about 500 tonne of fuel and be developed with a capacity to expand up to 1,000 tpa.

The Hyderabad NFC complex has a capacity to produce about 1,500 tonne bundles with a capacity to expand up to 1,800 tonne. Currently it is producing about 1,100-1,200 tonne.

The increase in production capacity is aimed at meeting the growing requirement of Indian nuclear plants with many more plants at various stages of planning and development.

The Kota facility coming up is located adjacent to the existing heavy water plant. The project will be located on 190 ha site with additional township area of 25 ha. The plant capacity is 500 tpa fuel fabrication and 65 tpa of fuel cladding fabrication. The capacity of fuel cladding fabrication will be further augmented by 100 tpa.

The project is in advance stage and many work orders and purchase orders have already been placed and the NFC project is progressing.

The NFC Kota project has already achieved several milestones including site grading, basic infrastructural activities, warehouses, provision of construction power and provision of construction water, among others. The plant and non-plant construction is in advance stages of completion.