The government has set a capacity target of 63,000 MW by 2031-32 from nuclear power sources. But so far, the country has achieved 6,780 MW (table-1) only and about 14,220 MW (table-2) is at various stage of development. Though many more projects have been planned including the one at Kovvada in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh to set up six units of 1200 MW each, in cooperation with USA, for which the government has accorded ‘in principle’ approval of the site.
