(a) the number of nuclear power plants operational in the country and the capacity of each plant;
(b) the total energy generated by these plants during each of the last three years; and
(c) the average capacity achieved during each of the last three years?
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)
(a) There are at present 14 nuclear power reactors in the country.
(b), The capacity of each plant, the total energy generated (in million units) and the
& capacity factors achieved at each of the following plants during the last three financial
(c) years are as detailed below:-
Sr.No. Plant Unit No. Capacity MWe 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
Total Capac- Total Capac- Total Capac- Total Capac- gener- ity gener- ity gener- ity gener- ity ation factor % ation factor % ation factor % ation factor % 1 Tarapur Atomic Power Station 1 160 941 67 1289 92 1188 85 2 Tarapur Atomic Power Station 2 160 1214 87 1119 80 1314 94 3 Madras Atomic Power Station 1 170 1042 70 1128 76 1265 85 4 Madras Atomic Power Station 2 170 1189 80 1387 93 980 85 5 Rajsthan Atomic Power Station 2 200 1405 80 1600 91 1498 86 6 Narora Atomic Power Station 1 220 1602 83 1556 81 1765 92 7 Narora Atomic Power Station 2 220 1529 79 1488 77 1570 81 8 Kakrapar Atomic Power Station 1 220 1645 85 1831 95 1717 89 9 Kakrapar Atomic Power Station 2 220 1750 91 1663 86 1854 96 10 Kaiga Atomic Power Station 1$ 220 578 74 1456 76 11 Kaiga Atomic Power Station 2 @ 220 128 1322 69 1543 80 12 Rajasthan Atomic Power Station 3 @@ 220 15 1462 84 1434 74 13 Rajasthan Atomic Power Station 4 $$ 220 273 46 1615 84 14 Rajasthan Atomic Power Station 1 + 100 934 71 517 39 282 21
Note: $ Commenced commercial operation from 16.11.2000 @ Commenced commercial operation from 16.3.2000 @@ Commenced commercial operation from 1.6.2000. 15 MUs in the year 1999-2000 is in firm power.
$$ Commenced commercial operation from 23.12.2000
+ RAPS-1 (100MWe) is owned by the Department of Atomic Energy and operated