Nuclear Power Plants in India

• In India, Nuclear power holds the fourth position among the different resources of electricity, Thermal, hydro and renewable resources being first, second and third respectively.
•  Presently 19 nuclear power plants in India are there, which generates 4,560 MW (2.9% of total installed base) and 4 such power plants are in the pipeline and would be generating around 2,720 MW.
• Since the beginning of 1990s, Russia has always been a chief supplier of nuclear fuel to the country of India
• The deterioration of domestic uranium resources caused the decline of electricity production from nuclear energy in India by 12.83% during 2006 to 2008.
•  The country has signed contracts regarding nuclear power with countries like France, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Mongolia, Namibia, Kazakhstan and Argentina after the Nuclear Suppliers Group declared a waiver in September 2008 to allow India to commence worldwide nuclear trade.
•  India even signed a $700 million agreement with Russia in February 2009 about 2000 tons nuclear fuel supply. 
•  India aims at increasing the input of nuclear energy to the total electricity production from 4.2% to 9% by the next 25 years.
• Large deposits of natural uranium, which promises to be one of the top 20 of the world's reserves, have been found in the Tummalapalle belt in the southern part of the Kadapa basin in Andhra Pradesh in March 2011.

Power station	State	Type	Operator	Units	Total capacity (MW)
Kaiga	Karnataka	PHWR	NPCIL	220 x 3	660
Kalpakkam	Tamil Nadu	PHWR	NPCIL	220 x 2	440
Kakrapar	Gujarat	PHWR	NPCIL	220 x 2	440
Rawatbhata	Rajasthan	PHWR	NPCIL	100 x 1 200 x 1 220 x 4	1180
Tarapur	Maharashtra	BWR (PHWR)	NPCIL	160 x 2 540 x 2	1400
Narora	Uttar Pradesh	PHWR	NPCIL	220 x 2	440
Total				19	4560

Some of the nuclear power plant projects which are under construction can be listed below:

Power station	State	Type	Operator	Units	Total capacity (MW)
Kudankulam	Tamil Nadu	VVER-1000	NPCIL	1000 x 2	2000
Kaiga	Karnataka	PHWR	NPCIL	220 x 1	220
Kalpakkam	Tamil Nadu	PFBR	NPCIL	500 x 1	500
Total				4	2720

Some of the nuclear power projects which are planned up for the future are as follows:

Power station	Operator	State	Type	Units	Total capacity (MW)
Rawatbhata	NPCIL	Rajasthan	PHWR	640 x 2	1280
Kakrapar	NPCIL	Gujarat	PHWR	640 x 2	1280
Jaitapur	NPCIL	Maharashtra	EPR	1600 x 4	6400
Kudankulam	NPCIL	Tamil Nadu	VVER	1200 x 2	2400
Kaiga	NPCIL	Karnataka	PWR	1000 x 1, 1500 x 1	2500
	NPCIL		AHWR	300	300
	NPCIL		PHWR	640 x 4	2560
	NTPC		PWR	1000 x 2	2000
Total				10	20600