Lok Sabha Question No. 107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-16
Subject: Nuclear Power Policy
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 107

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.11.2016

## NUCLEAR POWER POLICY

107. SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI): SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  framed  a  policy  for  setting  up  nuclear  power plants and if so, the details thereof alongwith the number  of plants set up so far, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) proposes to set up nuclear plants in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Planning Commission's Integrated Energy Policy Study of 2006 did not recommend imports of nuclear reactor exceeding 6000 MW, if so, the basis thereof;
- (d) whether DAE is going to import 60,000 MW nuclear reactors and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether reactors and fuel would be procured from external sources and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (Dr. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) The Atomic Energy Act 1962 empowers the Government to produce, develop, use and dispose of atomic energy either by itself or through any authority or Corporation  established  by  it  or  a  Government  company.  In  this  regard,  an indigenous  sequential  three-stage  nuclear  power  programme  based  on optimum utilization of the country's nuclear resources of modest uranium and abundant  thorium  is  being  pursued.  Large  capacity  nuclear  power  reactors based on foreign cooperation are also being implemented as additionalities, for  faster  capacity addition. The details of plants set up so far state-wise, is enclosed as Annexure.

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- (b) Yes, Sir. The Government has accorded 'in principle' approval of the site at Kovvada in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh to set up six units of 1200 MW each, in cooperation with USA.
- (c) In the Integrated Energy Policy of 2006, there was no specific mention about import  of  nuclear  reactors  exceeding  6000  MW  capacity.    The  policy document  indeed  envisaged  that  capacity  addition  in  the  country  will  be supplemented by electricity generation through Light Water Reactors (LWR), initially  through  imports  of  technology  but  with  the  long-term  objective  of indigenisation.  A capacity addition of 63,000 MW from nuclear power sources by 2031-32 was also projected in the document.
- (d) It  is  proposed  to  set  up  total  of  upto  40,000  MW  of  nuclear  power capacity  based  on  advanced  Light  Water  Reactor  technologies  in cooperation with the Russian Federation, France and the United States of America.
- (e) The  reactors  with  foreign  cooperation  are  planned  to  be  set  up  on technical  cooperation  basis,  with  shared  scope  of  work.  The  Indian scope is planned to be progressively increased in subsequent reactors of each technology. Provisions for lifetime fuel supply are planned to be built into the commercial contracts of these reactors.

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## Annexure

| State         | Location   | Units    |   Capacity (MW) |
|---------------|------------|----------|-----------------|
| Maharashtra   |            | TAPS-1   |             160 |
| Maharashtra   | Tarapur    | TAPS-2   |             160 |
| Maharashtra   |            | TAPS-3   |             540 |
| Maharashtra   |            | TAPS-4   |             540 |
| Rajasthan     |            | RAPS-1 * |             100 |
| Rajasthan     |            | RAPS-2   |             200 |
| Rajasthan     | Rawatbhata | RAPP-3   |             220 |
| Rajasthan     |            | RAPS-4   |             220 |
| Rajasthan     |            | RAPS-5   |             220 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Kalpakkam  | MAPS-1   |             220 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Kalpakkam  | MAPS-2   |             220 |
| Tamil Nadu    | Kudankulam | KKNPP-1  |            1000 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Narora     | NAPS-1   |             220 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Narora     | NAPS-2   |             220 |
| Gujarat       | Kakrapar   | KAPS-1   |             220 |
| Gujarat       | Kakrapar   | KAPS-2   |             220 |
| Karnataka     | Kaiga      | KGS-1    |             220 |
| Karnataka     | Kaiga      | KGS-2    |             220 |
| Karnataka     | Kaiga      | KGS-3    |             220 |
| Karnataka     | Kaiga      | KGS-4    |             220 |

*Under extended shutdown for techno-economic assessment for continued operation.

** Expected to be in commercial operation by the end of this year.

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