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Official TranscriptDepartment of Atomic Energy PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NUCLEAR POWER PROJECTS प्रव तथ: 13 AUG 2026 3:11PM by PIB Delhi The details of projects under construction are tabulated below. Sr. Project Location Capacity Commissioning Date Cost (Rs. Cro (MW) Original Status/ Revised Sanctioned R Indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (IPHWR) 1 RAPP-7* Rawatbhata, 700 Jun- Commenced Rajasthan 2016...
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PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NUCLEAR POWER PROJECTS प्रव तथ: 13 AUG 2026 3:11PM by PIB Delhi The details of projects under construction are tabulated below.
Sr. Project Location Capacity Commissioning Date Cost (Rs. Cro
(MW) Original Status/ Revised Sanctioned R Indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (IPHWR) 1 RAPP-7* Rawatbhata, 700 Jun- Commenced Rajasthan 2016 commercial operation on
15.04.2026 12,320 RAPP-8 700 Dec- In advanced stage 2016 of commissioning (expected to be operational in
2026) 2 GHAVP- Gorakhpur, 700 Sep- Completion of 1 Haryana 2020 construction and commissioning is 20,594 U expected to be r GHAVP- 700 Mar- completed in about 2 2021 6 years from First Pour of Concrete.3 KAIGA-5 Kaiga, 700 June- June-2031 21,000 Under 2026 revision Karnataka KAIGA-6 700 June- June-2032 2027 4 PFBR Kalpakkam, 500 Sep-2010 Mar- 2027 3492 Under Tamil Nadu revision Light Water Reactors (LWR) with Foreign Cooperation 5 KKNPP- Kudankulam, 1000 Mar-2023 Jun-2027 39,849 68,893 3 Tamil Nadu KKNPP- 1000 Nov- Jun-2028 4 2023 6 KKNPP- 1000 Dec-2026 Jun-2029 49,621 69,437 5 KKNPP- 1000 Sep-2027 Mar-2030 6 *Already commenced production in April 2026. However, cost available on Twin Unit basis (RAPP-7 & RAPP-8) The year-wise details of the funds sanctioned, released and utilized for each project under construction during the last five years are attached as Annexure.
The major reasons for delay in construction/ commissioning of projects in the recent past have been due to extensive design changes following the Fukushima incident in Japan, delay in supply of critical equipment, Covid-19 pandemic & related issues, delay in supplies from Russian Federation (for KKNPP), delay in execution of works by contractors at site on account of financial crunch / cash flow problems post Covid, difficult site soil conditions (at GHAVP), shortage of skilled contractor manpower, and the impact due to ongoing Russia-Ukraine and USA/ Israel-Iran geopolitical conflict.
To address the challenges, various measures are being implemented to ensure timely completion of the projects. The measures include, periodic project reviews at multiple levels in NPCIL & DAE, constant monitoring of progress of project activities, timely identification of constraints & making necessary mid-course corrections, frequent meetings with vendors/ contractors to resolve various issues and re-sequencing of construction activities to the extent possible, higher delegation of powers to various executives of NPCIL and constitution of Board sub-committee for monitoring of projects. In addition to this, bulk ordering of longdelivery equipment has been adopted and many equipment are under manufacturing/ progressive delivery for various reactors being implemented in fleet mode to ensure timely supply of long lead items for the projects.
Upon progressive commissioning of the projects currently under construction, a cumulative capacity of 8000 MW would be added to the national grid.
Annexure The year-wise details of Equity Sanctioned, Released and Utilized for each project under construction
during the last five years are tabulated below:
Amount in Rs. Crore 2021-22 2022-23 2023-2 Name of the Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Sanctio Released Utilized Sanctio Released Utilized Sanctio Releas Project ned ned ned GHAVP- 141 141 577 577 254 1&2 KKNPP- 363 363 1375 1375 1585 540 1952 1990 5&6 CMAPP- 7 7 0 0 12 1&2 MBRAPP- 15 15 0 0 23 1to 4 KAIGA- 8 8 0 0 102 5&6 GHAVP- 6 6 0 0 14 3&4 Total 540 540 540 1952 1952 1952 1990 1990 The year-wise details of Equity Sanctioned, Released and Utilized for PFBR during the last five years are
tabulated below:2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Name of the Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Equity Sanctio Released Utilized Sanctio Released Utilized Sanctio Released Project ned ned ned PFBR 550 550 550 272 200 200 200 200 This information was given by the Minister of State (Ind. Charge) Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
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