Nuclear Power Corporation of India has planned to
commission eight new projects over the next three years. With this, total
installed capacity is expected to rise to 7,270 MWe from the existing 2,270 MWe
by 2008.
The projects in question are:
Plant |
State |
Capacity (MWe) |
Expected
Completion |
Tarapur - III |
MAH |
540 |
Oct-05 |
Tarapur - IV |
MAH |
540 |
Jul-06 |
Kaiga |
KAR |
220 |
Dec-06 |
Kaiga |
KAR |
220 |
Jun-07 |
RAPS-V |
RAJ |
220 |
May-07 |
RAPS-VI |
RAJ |
220 |
Nov-07 |
Kudankulam-I |
TN |
1000 |
2007 |
Kudankulam-II |
TN |
1000 |
2008 |
The long term plan of NPCIL is to attain 20,000
MWe by 2020.