New Delhi: In a boost to the country’s nuclear power production, the Centre on Wednesday cleared the proposal to build 10 atomic reactors indigenously, that are expected to ensure orders worth Rs 70,000 crores for domestic industry.
Another 6,700 MW of nuclear power is expected to be added by 2021-22, when under-construction projects go on stream in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
The 10 reactors will be at Mahi Banswara (Rajasthan), Chutka (Madhya Pradesh), Kaiga (Karnataka) and Gorakhpur (Haryana). “As the government marks three years of its nation-and-people-centric governance, in a first-of-its-kind project for India’s nuclear power sector, the 10 new units will come up in fleet mode as a fully homegrown initiative,” an official statement said. The building of these reactors indigenously is likely to ensure manufacturing orders worth about Rs 70,000 crores for domestic companies. Also, the project is expected to help transform India’s nuclear industry and generate over 33,400 jobs in direct and indirect employment, minister of state Piyush Goyal told reporters.
