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India’s Rajasthan-6 Synchronised To Grid

By David Dalton
29 March 2010

29 Mar (NucNet): Unit 6 of the Rajasthan nuclear power plant in Rawatbhata, northern India, has been synchronised to the grid, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) said yesterday

NPCIL said the unit, a 202-megawatt pressurised heavy water reactor, was synchronised to the grid yesterday after authorisation from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.

The unit’s power level will gradually be increased to full power after completion of mandatory tests for safety and reliability, NPCIL said.

When the unit begins commercial operation it will increase the installed capacity of nuclear power in India to 4,560 MW.

First concrete for Rajasthan-6 was poured in October 2002. There are five PHWRs already in commercial operation at the plant.

India has 18 nuclear units in commercial operation and five, including Rajasthan-6, listed by the International Atomic Energy Agency as under construction.

Earlier this month India said it had agreed a “roadmap” for the construction of further nuclear power plants in the country in cooperation with Russia. Plans include four new units at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the state of Tamil Nadu in the south of India and two reactors at Haripur in West Bengal, eastern India.

Two Russian VVER-1,000 reactor units are already under construction at Kudankulam. According to NPCIL those units are scheduled to begin commercial operation in September 2010 and March 2011.

>>Related reports in the NucNet database (available to subscribers)

India’s Rajasthan-5 Begins Commercial Operation (News in Brief No. 25, 9 February 2010)

India Roadmap Includes Four More Kudankulam Units (News in Brief No. 49, 15 March 2010)

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