Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) is likely to spend Rs 14,575 crore next financial year, a 22% jump over the capital expenditure of Rs 11,890 crore in the current fiscal, according to the expenditure budget documents for 2020-21 tabled in Parliament. Major NPCIL projects currently under construction include Unit-3 and Unit-4 of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) at Kakrapar atomic power station, Gujarat. Both the units are of 700 Megawatt (MW) capacity.
The company is also commissioning two units of 700 Mw capacity each at the Rajasthan atomic power project. The expected date of commercial operation for Unit-7 is December 2020 while Unit-8 is likely to be commissioned in December 2021.
NPCIL is also planning to set up Light Water Reactor Unit-3 and Unit-4 of Kudankulam nuclear power project of 1,000 MW capacity. The projects are expected to be operational by March 2023 and November 2023, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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