Fuel loading begins at India’s second 700 MWe nuclear power unit

Nuclear fuel loading began on Friday at India’s second 700 MWe atomic power plant, setting the stage for “attaining criticality” and commercial electricity production at the fourth unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-4) in Gujarat.

This is the second indigenous 700 MWe nuclear power station that may shortly become operational after KAPP-3 which began producing electricity on June 30 and commenced full power operation two months later.

The two units at Kakrapar are the first two of the 16 such indigenous nuclear power stations that Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is setting up.