The Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant or the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) is a proposed

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to be built on a area west of Gorakhpur village of

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. The foundation stone of the 2800

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nuclear power plant was laid on 13 January 2014 by Shri MANMOHAN SINGH (Prime Minister of India). The first phase of the project will have an installed capacity of 1400 MW and was expected to be completed by 2025, however the deadline has been now extended to 2032. The construction of second phase will gather pace afterwards, which will double the capacity to 2800 MW and has a deadline of 2036.

History

One year after laying the foundation stone, there was no reactor construction activity.

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carried out only certain pre-project activities on the land. There were problems with the Environment Court at

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and over the possession of 28 acres, as owners of the land refused to accept compensation and to vacate the land. Officials said that the government was suffering a financial loss of Rs 7 to 8 crore per day for the delay of the project. On May 27, 2015, a police force evicted farmers living on a piece of land acquired by the NPCIL. Houses were razed, crops destroyed, and the farmers belongings and cattle carted away. In 2012, NPCIL acquired over of land in Gorakhpur, Kajal Heri and Badopal for the setting up of nuclear power plant. The corporation had taken possession of the major part of land, but farmers owning 28 acres had refused the compensation and were not vacating the land. In March 2016, still only preparatory activities were made. By 2018,

had started the procurement activities for this project, as

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secured the order for supply of steam generators to this project. As of April 2022, the foundation piles have been completed for units 1 and 2, while the excavation work for other structures such as cooling towers are in progress. Only pre-project activities had been carried out for units 3 and 4.

Design and specification

The proposed 700 MW IPHWR-700 pressurized heavy water reactors are indigenous and similar to the ones currently under construction in

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(KAPP-3 &4) and

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(RAPP-7 & 8). Also, the reactor size and the design features of 700 MW are similar to that of 540 MWe of

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3 & 4 Units, except that partial boiling of the

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is up to about 3% (nominal) at the coolant channel exit has been allowed.

Cost and economics

Being built by the

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, the project is estimated to cost as of January 2014.

Units

Updates

* (Mar 2021) First end-shield for pressurized heavy water reactor delivered. * (July 2021)

Godrej & Boyce Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. (G&B) is the flagship company of the Godrej Group. Established in 1897 in Mumbai, India, G&B is a privately held company with a presence across 10 industries – from building complex and custom engineering solution ...

gets ₹468 Cr order to supply generators for PHWR project * (July 2021)

awarded steam generator contract for domestic PHWRs * (Aug 2021) L&T delivers second end-shield for pressurized heavy water reactor * (Sep 2021)

wins order for turbine islands

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