Question

Describe Indias nuclear energy programme.

Answer 1

 

This power reactor which attained criticality on December 24 last year is the twelfth power generation unit of NPCIL. The electricity generation capacities of the first and second reactor units at Rawatbhata are 150 and 200 MWe respectively.

The Unit-4 of RAPP, which is under construction is expected to become critical by the end of this year. This will raise the combined electricity generation capacity of all the four reactor units at Rawatbhatta to 790 MWe.