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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station

(SEPTEMBER-2024)

India’s second home-built nuclear power reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat started operating at its full capacity.

The Unit 4 of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS 4 – 700 MW) has recently commenced operation at its full power of 700 MW. The unit had been operating at 90% before raising it to full power.
The full power operation of KAPS-4 after the smooth operation of its twin unit KAPS-3 at full power demonstrates the strength of the first of a kind indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) design.
Fourteen more reactors of the same design are at various stages of implementation and are expected to commence operations progressively by 2031-32.
The power level of the unit was raised in line with the permissions of the regulatory authority, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).