Rajasthan Atomic Power Station

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Rajasthan Atomic Power Station

Location of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station

Country

Coordinates

India
245220N 753650ECoordinates:
5220N 753650E

Construction began

1963

Commission date

16 December 1973

Operator(s)

Nuclear Power Corporation of India LTD.

Reactor information
Reactors operational

1 x 100 MWe
1 x 200 MWe
4 x 220 MWe

Reactors under
construction

2 x 700 MWe

24

Power generation information

Annual generation

3,140 GWh

Net generation

50,497 GWh
Website
Nuclear Power Corporation of India
As of 24 July 2007

The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS; also Rajasthan Atomic Power Project - RAPP) in India is
located about 65 kilometres (40 mi) from Kota by way of the Chambal River, approximately 3 kilometres
(1.9 mi) above the dam that holds the Rana Pratap Sagar lake. The plant lies in the Federal State Rajasthan,
district Chittorgarh. The next locale is Tamlao, Rawatbhata is approx. 11 kilometers far away, which is where
the plant is located. In Kota a factory for heavy water operated in the 1980s.
The Douglas Point reactor in Canada was begun in 1961, a duplicate station at Rajasthan, was committed in
1963. The Rajasthan Power Project (RAPP) included two 220 MWe CANDU reactors built in the state of
Rajasthan and put into service, respectively, in 1973 and 1981. Indian tradesmen and professional engineers
came to be trained at Douglas Point. After the nuclear bomb test explosion in 1973 the nuclear trade links
between Canada and India were curtailed and the second RAPP reactor was completed by the Indians with no
Canadian assistance.
After many incidents and repairs[citation needed] RAPS-1 has now a 100 MW capacity, RAPS-2 at 200 MW.
In the context of the Indian atomic program, two more PHWR with an output of 220 MW each were built. They
cost around 570 million dollars. RAPS-3 became critical on 24 December 1999, RAPS-4 became critical on
3 November 2000. Commercial operations began on 1 June 2000 for unit 3, and on 23 December 2000 for
unit 4.
Two more reactors (RAPS-5 and RAPS-6) with 220 MWe have also been built, with unit 5 beginning
commercial operation on 4 February 2010, and unit 6 on 31 March 2010.[1]
Two of the new Indian-designed 700 MWe series of reactor (RAPP-7 and RAPP-8) are under construction at
Rajasthan.
In November 2012, International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) intensively audited over several weeks two
reactors at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station for safety. It has concluded that the reactors are among the
best in the world, the indigenously made 220 MW atomic plants can withstand a Fukushima type of accident,
even suggesting that the "safety culture is strong in India" and that India emerged a winner with a high global
safety rank.[2]

First concrete for unit 7 was poured on 18 July 2011,[3] with commercial operation expected by 2016. The two
reactors will cost an estimated Rs 123.2 billion (US$2.6 billion).[4]
Contents
[hide]

1 2012 nuclear leak

2 Units
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit]2012

nuclear leak

In june 2012, 38 workers were exposed to tritium when a welding operation went wrong inside the protected
environment of the reactor.[5]

[edit]Units

Construction

Date of
Criticality

Commercial
operation

90 MW 100 MW

01.08.1965
30.11.1972

11.08.1973

16.12.1973

Rajasthan2

PHWR 187 MW 200 MW

01.04.1968
01.11.1980

May 1981

01.04.1981

Rajasthan3

PHWR 202 MW 220 MW

01.02.1990
10.03.2000

01.06.2000

Rajasthan4

PHWR 202 MW 220 MW

01.10.1990
17.11.2000

23.12.2000

Rajasthan5

PHWR 202 MW 220 MW

18.09.2002

Unit

Type

Rajasthan1

CAND
U

Net
MW

Gross
MW

24.11.2009 [6]

04.02.2010 [1]

Shut
down

Rajasthan6

PHWR 202 MW 220 MW

20.01.2003

Rajasthan7

PHWR 630 MW 700 MW

18.07.2011 [7]

Rajasthan8

PHWR 630 MW 700 MW

[edit]See

31.03.2010 [1]

also
India portal
Nuclear technology portal
Energy portal

Nuclear power in India

[edit]References
^ a b c "Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS)". Plants Under Operation. Nuclear Power

1.

Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). Retrieved 18 July 2011.

2.

^ http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/un-s-nuclear-watchdog-rajasthan-reactors-are-among-world-ssafest-292623

3.

^ "India begins construction of 25th nuclear plant". The Hindu. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July
2011.

4.

^ "Construction starts on new Rajasthan units". World Nuclear News. World Nuclear
Association (WNA). 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

5.

^ http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/radiation-scare-in-rajasthan-workers-exposed-237858?
pfrom=home-otherstories

6.

^ "RAPS fifth nuclear reactor attains criticality". The Hindu. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 25
November 2009.

7.

^ "Construction of RAPP-7&8 Begins First Pour of Concrete Achieved" (Press release). NPCIL.
18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[edit]External

links

Juggernaut, a 1968 Canadian documentary on the delivery of the plant's calandria.

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