Rajasthan Atomic Power Station | |
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Country | India |
Coordinates | 24°52′20″N 75°36′50″E / 24.87222°N 75.61389°E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1963 |
Commission date | 16 December 1973 |
Operator | Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactors | 8 |
Reactor type | Units 1 & 2: CANDU Units 3,4,5 & 6: IPHWR-220 Units 7 & 8: IPHWR-700 |
Reactor supplier | Units 1 & 2: AECL Units 3 & 4: PPED, DAE (now NPCIL) Units 5 & 6: NPCIL Units 7 & 8: NPCIL |
Cooling source | Rana Pratap Sagar Dam, Chambal River |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 x 200 MW 4 x 220 MW |
Units under const. | 2 x 700 MW |
Units decommissioned | 1 x 100 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 1080 MW |
Capacity factor | 78.07% (2020-21)[1] |
Annual net output | 7386 GW.h (2020-21)[1] |
External links | |
Website | Nuclear power Corporation of India Ltd |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS; also Rajasthan Atomic Power Project - RAPP) is a nuclear power plant located at Rawatbhata in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the fourth largest nuclear power plant in the country after the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, and Tarapur Atomic Power Station interms of installed capacity.