NPCIL may consider PHWR-220 construction

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 20.01.2024

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) may consider the construction of the units with the PHWR-220 reactors.

As the NPCIL's chairman and managing director B.C.Pathak tild to The Hindu, "to ramp up our electricity generation capacity, it is better to go for a fleet of reactors at a time. But we are open to 220-MWe and 700-MWe reactors. The ultimate need is to increase the nuclear share in the country at the earliest."

"A large number of 700-MWe units are under construction now. But we are open to 220-MWe units as well," said B.C.Pathak.

Topics: Asia, India, PHWR, Opinions

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