Equipment orders to kick off 700 MWe nuke projects in ‘fleet mode’ from 2023
In kicking-off the biggest expansion of the country’s nuclear power capacity, the purchase orders for bulk procurement of critical equipment such as steam generators, lattice tubes, pressuriser forgings and reactor headers have been placed for the construction of the 10 proposed units of the new indigenous 700 MWe (mega watt electric) pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs).
The engineering, procurement and construction packages for the turbine island (conventional part of the atomic power stations) have been awarded for four units of two of these projects being developed by state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL).
