NEW DELHI: The Government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for construction of 12 nuclear power reactors in the country, Parliament was informed today.
Out of these, 10 will be indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) with a capacity of 700 MW each and the remaining two will be Light Water Reactors (LWRs).
The PHWRs will be set up in fleet mode and the LWRs will be established in cooperation with the Russain Federation, Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. (AGENCIES)
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