Lok Sabha Question No. 2155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Nuclear Power Generation
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Thiru D M Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2155

ANSWERED ON 12/03/2025

## NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION

## 2155.  THIRU D M KATHIR ANAND

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether it is true that the current production of Nuclear Power in the country is around 8,000 MW and 40% of it are generated from both Kalpakkam and Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the nuclear power generated from other power plants in the country;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  build  18  more  nuclear  power  reactors  with  a cumulative capacity to generate 13,800 MW of electricity;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the list of locations where the nuclear power plants are to be commissioned and the time of completion of each plant; and
- (e) the total funds likely to be incurred on the construction of these nuclear power plants along with the fund sanctioned and released by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The installed capacity of nuclear power plants in Tamil Nadu comprises of MAPS-1&2 (2X220 MW) at Kalpakkam and KKNPP-1&2 (2X1000 MW) at Kudankulam. Together, the installed nuclear power capacity is 2440 MW, which is around 30% of the total installed capacity of the country (8180 MW).
- (b) The details are given in Annexure-A.
- (c)  Yes.
- (d) & (e) The details are given in Annexure-B.

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## Annexure-A

|   Sr. No. | Reactor &Location               | Capacity (MW)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|         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            |

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## Annexure-B

| State                                 | Location                              | Project                               | Capacity (MW)                         | Sanctioned Cost (Rs. crore)           | Expenditure (upto Jan-2025) (Rs. crore)   | Expected Completion                   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Projects under Construction           | Projects under Construction           | Projects under Construction           | Projects under Construction           | Projects under Construction           | Projects under Construction               | Projects under Construction           |
| Rajasthan                             | Rawatbhata                            | RAPP-7 # &8                           | 2 X 700                               | 22924^                                | 19770                                     | 2025-26                               |
| Tamil Nadu                            | Kudankulam                            | KKNPP-3&4                             | 2 X 1000                              | 68893                                 | 47661                                     | 2026-27                               |
| Tamil Nadu                            | Kudankulam                            | KKNPP-5&6                             | 2 X 1000                              | 49621                                 | 19914                                     | 2027-28                               |
| Tamil Nadu                            | Kalpakkam                             | PFBR &                                | 1 X 500                               | 7524                                  | 7040                                      | End of 2026                           |
| Haryana                               | Gorakhpur                             | GHAVP-1&2                             | 2 X 700                               | 20594                                 | 7773                                      | 2031-32                               |
| Projects Under Pre-project Activities | Projects Under Pre-project Activities | Projects Under Pre-project Activities | Projects Under Pre-project Activities | Projects Under Pre-project Activities | Projects Under Pre-project Activities     | Projects Under Pre-project Activities |
| Karnataka                             | Kaiga                                 | Kaiga-5&6                             | 2 X 700                               | 105000                                | 2815                                      | Progressive completion by 2031-32     |
| Haryana                               | Gorakhpur                             | GHAVP- 3&4                            | 2 X 700                               | 105000                                | 2815                                      | Progressive completion by 2031-32     |
| Madhya Pradesh                        | Chutka                                | Chutka-1&2                            | 2 X 700                               | 105000                                | 2815                                      | Progressive completion by 2031-32     |
| Rajasthan                             | Mahi Banswara                         | Mahi Banswara-1&2*                    | 2 X 700                               | 105000                                | 2815                                      | Progressive completion by 2031-32     |
| Rajasthan                             | Mahi Banswara                         | Mahi Banswara-3&4*                    | 2 X 700                               | 105000                                | 2815                                      | Progressive completion by 2031-32     |