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India / Second Indigenous PHWR Unit At Kakrapar Reaches First Criticality

By David Dalton
18 December 2023

Testing will continue as plant moves towards commercial operation

Second Indigenous PHWR Unit At Kakrapar Reaches First Criticality
A view of the cooling towers at the Kakrapar nuclear power station in western India. Courtesy NPCIL.
India’s second indigenous 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactor unit (PHWR) has reached first criticality, press reports said, quoting officials at state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).

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