New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The government has approved four sites to set up nuclear power plants, Prithiviraj Chavan, minister of state in the prime minister’s office, said Thursday in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament.
The sites are located in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, Jaitapur in Maharashtra, Kakrapar in Gujarat, and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, the minister said.
The Kudankulam and Jaitpur plants will produce 2,000 MW of energy by using imported light water reactor (LWR) technology.
However, importing LWRs for use in these two nuclear plants will not be possible unless the Indo-US nuclear deal is signed and approval of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is secured.
The other two plants will generate 1,400 MW of energy by using pressurised heavy water reactors of Indian manufacture, Chavan added.