The third 700 MW nuclear reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat (western India) has started commercial operations and is operating at 90% of its total power. This the first Indian-designed reactor with a capacity of 700 MW, known as Indian Pressurised Heavy Reactor-700 (IPHWR-700), to start operating. Construction started in 2010. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is building two 700 MW IPHWR at Kakrapar. Unit 4 entered construction in 2011 and is due to be commissioned in 2024. The first two units at Kakrapar, with a capacity of 220 MW each, were commissioned in 1993 and 1995.
The NPCIL intends to build sixteen IPHWR-700 throughout India, and the necessary financial and administrative approval for these projects has been granted. The Indian government has authorized the construction of 10 IPHWR-700 at four different locations: Gorakhpur in Haryana, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh, Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan, and Kaiga in Karnataka. The construction of IPHWR-700 is already underway at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan (RAPS 7 and 8) and Gorakhpur in Haryana (GHAVP 1 and 2).
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