North India’s 1st Nuclear Plant is coming up in Haryana

North India’s first Nuclear Plant coming up in Haryana to increase India’s nuclear capacity, said Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh.

UPCOMING NUCLEAR PLANT IN HARYANA

UPCOMING NUCLEAR PLANT IN HARYANA

North India‘s first Nuclear Plant is coming up in Haryana in the town of Gorakhpur, which is about 150 km north of the national capital of New Delhi. This is keeping in line with the priority to increase India’s nuclear capacity. He added that during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, one of the major achievements would be the installation of nuclear/ atomic energy plants in other parts of the country, which were earlier confined mostly to the southern states like Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh or in the west in Maharashtra.

The minister said that this was keeping in line the focus on increasing India’s nuclear capacity. He added that a bulk approval of installation of 10 nuclear reactors came under the Modi government. The minister said that the Department of Atomic Energy has also been given permission to set up joint ventures with PSUs for resources to open atomic energy plants, having the potential to fulfill India’s energy needs in times to come.

According to Department of Atomic Energy, Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana’s(GHAVP) having two units of 700 MWe capacity each of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) indigenous design is under implementation near Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district in Haryana. Till date, an amount of ₹4,906 crore has been spent out of total allocated funds 20,594 crore.

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