India has approved the construction of 12 new nuclear power reactors. 10 will be indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) with a capacity of 700 MW each and two will be Russian Light Water Reactors (LWRs).
Two PHWRs each will be set up in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Haryana, while four will be established in Rajasthan. The two LWRs each having a capacity of 1,000 MW will be built at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.
Currently there seven nuclear power projects are being constructed in India with a combined capacity of 5300 MW of capacity.
Besides work for the construction of two nuclear reactors with total capacity 1,400 MW at Gorakhpur in Haryana has commenced
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