India's second nuclear fuel complex will soon come up in Kota district of Rajasthan.

The complex will have the facility to reprocess atomic fuel and will be set up next to Rawabhata nuclear plant, at a cost of Rs 2,400 crore.

Earlier in March, the Cabinet Committee on security gave its clearance to develop the proposed complex.

The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has developed the new arrangement, keeping in mind the growing demand of fuel required for the nuclear plants.

The new nuclear fuel complex in Rajasthan will serve atomic plants which will soon be developed in Gorakhpur, Haryana; Jaitapur in Maharashtra; and Mithi Virdhi in Gujarat.

The first nuclear fuel complex developed at Hyderabad, does not have the capacity to meet the growing demands from the reactors which will come up in the country by the next decade.

Also, under the 12th Five Year plan, India aims to take its nuclear energy power capacity to more than 17,300 MW. At present, the nuclear power generation capacity in India is over 5,500 MW.

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