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Kakrapar-3 unit has been put into commercial operation AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 01.07.2023 India's first power unit with a heavy-water reactor PHWR-700 has been put into commercial operation. This was stated to the Indian media by a representative of the management of the Kakrapar NPP. "I am very pleased to announce that the first Indian unit with the PHWR-700 reactor started commercial operation on June 30, 2023 at 10:00 (local time)," the nuclear engineer said. Currently, the unit is operating at 90% of the nominal power. The construction of the Kakrapar-3 unit started in November 2010. The first criticality took place in July 2020, the first grid connection took place in January 2021. The readiness of the Kakrapar-4 unit under construction, also with the PHWR-700 reactor, was estimated as 96.92% as of May 2023. Topics: Commissioning, Asia, India, PHWR Other news: ROSATOM starts testing MOX fuel for VVER reactors For irradiation in the MIR reactor, 21 MOX fuel rods had been manufactured. ROSATOM plans to construct SHELF-M reactor plant in Chukotka The land-based small nuclear power plant with the SHELF-M reactor is planned to be commercially operational by 2030. Main Construction Phase for Unit 3 of El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Commences in Egypt A technical ceremony for the pouring of the first concrete took place. |
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