NEW DELHI: French state-run power utility firm Électricité de France S.A.(EDF) has submitted binding techno-commercial offer to state-run Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd (NPCIL) for construction of six EPR reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra.
The Jaitapur plant will have an installed capacity of 9.6 GWe. The new capacity will help boost India’s ambitious nuclear power plans that include constructing a dozen new nuclear power reactors totaling 9,000 MW.
According to an EDF statement, the offer includes “the detailed technical configuration of the reactors, taking into account the information provided by NPCIL on the Jaitapur site conditions and the joint comprehensive work performed by EDF and NPCIL,”
