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Download Solution PDFName the largest nuclear power station of India by capacity?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Kudankulam.
- Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power station in India by capacity.
Key Points
- Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located 650 km south of Chennai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu, India.
- The power plant will have a combined capacity of 6000 Mega Watt upon completion.
- The Atomic Energy Commission was established in 1948 by the efforts of Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, the father of Atomic Energy Research in India.
- India's first atomic research reactor 'Apsara' started working in Trombay (near Mumbai) but India's first Nuclear Power reactor was established at Tarapur in 1969.
- Production of nuclear energy requires uranium, thorium, and heavy water, Uranium is found in Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Meghalaya.
| India's Important Nuclear Power Projects | |
| Reactor | State |
| Tarapur | Maharashtra |
| Kudankulam (with the help of Russia) | Tamilnadu |
| Kalpakkam | Tamilnadu |
| Kaiga | Karnataka |
| Kakrapar | Gujarat |
| Jaitapur (with the help of France) | Maharashtra |
| Rawatbhata (with the help of Canada) | Rajasthan |
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