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🇮🇳 Kakrapar

Name: Kakrapar
Address: India

Nuclear power plant · India

Operational

Capacity≈1,664 MW

Units4

First Online1993

Construction Start1984

Reactor TypePHWR

Coordinates21.236, 73.351

Kakrapar is a nuclear power station in India. Of its 4 recorded unit(s), 3 reactors are operational, 1 under construction. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,664 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1993. Reactor technology on site: PHWR.

Reactor units at Kakrapar

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Kakrapar-1	Operational	PHWR Horizontal Pressure Tube type	202 MW	Construction 1984 · Grid 1993
Kakrapar-2	Operational	PHWR Horizontal Pressure Tube type	202 MW	Construction 1985 · Grid 1995
Kakrapar-3	Operational	PHWR PHWR-700	630 MW	Construction 2010
Kakrapar-4	Under Construction	PHWR PHWR-700	630 MW	Construction 2010

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