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Nuclear energy | SPECIAL REPORT

New reactors
commissioned in

the last 11 years…

Mar-2017 Dec-2014
Kudankulam Nuclear Kudankulam Nuclear
Power Plant (KKNPP) Power Plant (KKNPP)
Unit-2 Capacity Unit-1 Capacity
1,000 MW 1,000 MW

Jun-2023
Kakrapar Atomic Power
Project (KAPP)
Unit-3 Capacity
700 MW Civil nuclear

energy will ensure

March-2024 a significant
Kakrapar Atomic contribution to the
Power Project (KAPP) development of
Unit-4 Capacity
700 MW the country in the
future.

April 2025 Narendra Modi,
Rajasthan Atomic Prime Minister
Power Project (RAPP)
Unit-7 Capacity
700 MW
initiatives to make the country
self-reliant in the energy sector.
As a result of this, solar energy
has increased thirty times. India
is investing thousands of crores
of rupees towards Mission Green
has given in-principle approval to set up a 6 x 1208 MW nuclear Hydrogen. In fact, India is moving
power plant in collaboration with the US at Kovvada in Srika- ahead with the resolve to increase
kulam district of Andhra Pradesh. Not only this, but work has nuclear power capacity by more
also been started on some other reactors. India’s nuclear power than 10 times by 2047. It is a result
plants operate with strict security protocols and international of the policies of the Government of
monitoring. Radiation levels in Indian nuclear plants consistent- India that the country has achieved
ly remain well below global standards, reflecting the country’s a 50% clean energy target in 2025
commitment to safe and sustainable nuclear capacity. itself, which is five years ahead of
The government is taking many effective and far-reaching the target set for 2030. n

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