the cost of production of each unit of electricity from atomic energy in comparison to that produced by thermal and hydel power?
the cost of production of each unit of electricity from atomic energy in comparison to that produced by thermal and hydel power?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE
INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER
OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE
IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE (SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE)
The weighted average cost of production for all the units of NPCIL, for the year 2000-01
is 157 paise/KWh. The cost of production does not include the profit element and also the
levies of 10 Paise/KWh towards de-commissioning, renovation, modernisation and Research and
Development. The cost electricity production from nuclear power plants is comparable to the
cost from other contemporary coal thermal power plants located away from coal pit-heads.