Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has informed that The remarkable achievements in the nuclear power sector during the last three years include:
- Setting of World Record in continuous operation of 962 days by Unit-1 of Kaiga Generating Station among nuclear power plants of all technologies.
- Completion of 50 years of safe operation of Units 1&2 of Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS-1&2), which are currently the oldest reactors in operation in the world.
- Addition of a nuclear power capacity of 1000 MW by completion of KKNPP- 2 at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu.
- First Pour of Concrete (FPC) in KKNPP-3&4 (2X1000 MW) at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu.
- Ground break for KKNPP-5&6(2X1000 MW) at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu.
- Environmental clearance from MoEF&CC for setting up nuclear power plants at Chutka in Madhya Pradesh.
- Accord of administrative approval and financial sanction of – ten (10) indigenous 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) to be set up in fleet mode & two (02) units of Light Water Reactors (LWRs) being set up in cooperation with Russian Federation.
- Entering into enabling agreements with foreign countries for nuclear power cooperation including supply of fuel.
- During the last three years (i.e. since July 2016), AMD has augmented atomic mineral resources as detailed below.
- 80,221 tonne (t) in-situ uranium oxide (U3O8). The total uranium resources of the country is 3,20,445t in situ U3O8 (2,71,737 t U).
- 108.28 million tonnes beach sand heavy minerals resources, thereby updating the country’s beach sand heavy mineral resources to 1173.07 million tonnes.
- 3,46,462 tonne Rare Earth Elements Oxide and 19,564t Nb2O5 (Niobium Oxide) is estimated in Ambadongar area, Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat.
- Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL) has commissioned the Tummalapalle Uranium mining and milling project in Andhra Pradesh in January 2017.
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