Lok Sabha Question No. 2201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Survey for setting up New Nuclear Plants
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2201

ANSWERED ON 12/03/2025

## SURVEY FOR SETTING UP NEW NUCLEAR PLANTS

## 2201. SHRI MAGUNTA SRENIVASULU REDDY

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government  has  undertaken any recent survey/study to identify areas/locations for the setting up of nuclear power plants in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the list of nuclear power plants proposed, under construction and presently functional during the last five years across the country especially in Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the  details  of  the  total  amount  of  funding  allocated  and  utilised  for  the  purpose  of maintenance, construction  and  upgradation  of  existing  as  well  as  upcoming  nuclear  power projects in the country; and
- (d) the details of the total volume and valuation of equipment and technology regarding nuclear  power  plants  that  have  been  imported  during  the  last  five  years  for  construction/ upgradation of Indian nuclear power plants?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The process of identification of potential sites for locating future nuclear power plants is an ongoing activity, carried out by the Standing Site Selection Committee (SSSC) of the Department of Atomic Energy.
- (b) The details are given in Annexure.
- (c)  The  total  allocation  in  the  current  year  2024-25  (RE)  for  ongoing  &  new  projects, upgradation of existing operating stations and ancillary schemes is Rs. 20908 crore, out of which, the expenditure in 2024-25 up to January 2025 has been Rs. 13769 crore.
- (d) The total volume of equipment and technology imported during the last five years (202021 to 2024-25 up to February) for construction of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Units 3 to 6 (KKNPP 3 to 6) and upgradation of KKNPP 1&2 in operation, set up with Russian cooperation is about 2,11,125 FRT valued at about USD 3445 million.

## Annexure

| Sr. No.                                     | Reactor &Location                           | Capacity (MW)   |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Operating Stations                          | Operating Stations                          |                 |
| 1                                           | RAPS-1, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan               | 100 #           |
| 2                                           | RAPS-2, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan               | 200             |
| 3                                           | TAPS-1, Tarapur, Maharashtra                | 160             |
| 4                                           | TAPS-2, Tarapur, Maharashtra                | 160             |
| 5                                           | MAPS-1, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu               | 220             |
| 6                                           | MAPS-2, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu               | 220             |
| 7                                           | NAPS-1, Narora, Uttar Pradesh               | 220             |
| 8                                           | NAPS-2, Narora, Uttar Pradesh               | 220             |
| 9                                           | KAPS-1, Kakrapar, Gujarat                   | 220             |
| 10                                          | KAPS-2, Kakrapar, Gujarat                   | 220             |
| 11                                          | RAPS-3, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan               | 220             |
| 12                                          | RAPS-4, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan               | 220             |
| 13                                          | RAPS-5, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan               | 220             |
| 14                                          | RAPS-6, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan               | 220             |
| 15                                          | KAIGA-1, Kaiga, Karnataka                   | 220             |
| 16                                          | KAIGA-2, Kaiga, Karnataka                   | 220             |
| 17                                          | KAIGA-3, Kaiga, Karnataka                   | 220             |
| 18                                          | KAIGA-4, Kaiga, Karnataka                   | 220             |
| 19                                          | TAPS-3, Tarapur, Maharashtra                | 540             |
| 20                                          | TAPS-4, Tarapur, Maharashtra                | 540             |
| 21                                          | KAPS-3, Kakrapar, Gujarat                   | 700             |
| 22                                          | KAPS-4, Kakrapar, Gujarat                   | 700             |
| 23                                          | KKNPP-1, Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu             | 1000            |
| 24                                          | KKNPP-2, Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu             | 1000            |
| Projects Under Construction / Commissioning | Projects Under Construction / Commissioning |                 |
| 25                                          | RAPP-7 ## &8, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan         | 2 X 700         |
| 26                                          | KKNPP-3&4, Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu           | 2 X 1000        |
| 27                                          | KKNPP-5&6, Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu           | 2 X 1000        |
| 28                                          | GHAVP-1&2, Gorakhpur, Haryana               | 2 X 700         |
| 29                                          | Kaiga-5&6, Kaiga, Karnataka                 | 2 X 700         |
| 30                                          | PFBR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu                 | 1 X 500         |

| Projects Sanctioned &Under Pre-Project Activities   | Projects Sanctioned &Under Pre-Project Activities   | Projects Sanctioned &Under Pre-Project Activities   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 31                                                  | GHAVP- 3&4, Gorakhpur, Haryana                      | 2 X 700                                             |
| 32                                                  | Chutka-1&2, Chutka, Madhya Pradesh                  | 2 X 700                                             |
| 33                                                  | Mahi Banswara-1&2*, Banswara, Rajasthan             | 2 X 700                                             |
| 34                                                  | Mahi Banswara-3&4*, Banswara, Rajasthan             | 2 X 700                                             |
| Sites Accorded 'In-principle' Approval              | Sites Accorded 'In-principle' Approval              | Sites Accorded 'In-principle' Approval              |
| 35                                                  | Kovavada, Unit-1 to 6, Andhra Pradesh               | 6 X 1208                                            |
| 36                                                  | Jaitapur, Unit-1 to 6, Maharashtra                  | 6 X 1730                                            |
| 37                                                  | Mithi Virdi, Unit-1&2, Gujarat                      | 2 X 1000                                            |
| 38                                                  | Bhimpur, Unit-1 to 4, Madhya Pradesh                | 4 X 700                                             |
| 39                                                  | Haripur, Unit-1 to 6, West Bengal                   | 6 X 1000                                            |

##Unit-7 (700 MW) of RAPP-7&8 achieved first criticality on 19.09.2024

*Assigned to Anushakti Vidyut Nigam Limited (ASHVINI)

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