Nuclear Power Corporation of India

This article is about the uranium powered PHWR and PWR operator. For the plutonium and thorium powered fast breeder reactor operator, see BHAVINI.

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is an Indian public sector undertaking based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is wholly owned by the Government of India and is responsible for the generation of electricity from nuclear power. NPCIL is administered by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited

Company type	Public Sector Undertaking
Industry	Electric utility
Founded	September 1987; 37 years ago (1987-09)[1]
Headquarters	World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra , India[2]
Area served	India
Key people	B. C. Pathak (Chairman & MD)
Products	Electric power
Production output	47971 MU (FY 2023-24)[3]
Services	Electricity generation
Revenue	₹19,196 crore (US$2.3 billion) (FY 2023-24)[4]
Operating income	₹10,322 crore (US$1.2 billion) (FY 2023-24)[4]
Net income	₹6,486 crore (US$770 million) (FY 2023-24)[4]
Total assets	₹168,234 crore (US$20 billion) (FY 2023-24)[4]
Total equity	₹61,619 crore (US$7.3 billion) (FY 2023-24)[4]
Owner	Government of India (100%)
Number of employees	10576 (March 2024)
Website	www.npcil.nic.in

NPCIL was created in September 1987 under the Companies Act 1956, "with the objective of undertaking the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the atomic power stations for generation of electricity in pursuance of the schemes and programmes of the Government of India under the provision of the Atomic Energy Act 1962." All nuclear power plants operated by the company are certified for ISO-14001 (Environment Management System).

NPCIL was the sole body responsible for constructing and operating India's commercial nuclear power plants until the setting up of BHAVINI Vidyut Nigam in October 2003. As of December 2024, the company had 24 nuclear reactors in operation at seven locations, a total installed capacity of 8180 MWe.^[5][6] Subsequent to the government's decision to allow private companies to provide nuclear power, the company has experienced problems with private enterprises "poaching" its employees.^[7]

Nuclear plants

Operational

Serial No.	Unit	Location	Type	Capacity (MWe)	Since	Under IAEA safeguards[8]
1	TAPS-1	Tarapur, Maharashtra	BWR	160	28 October 1969	Since 16 October 2009
2	TAPS-2			160
3	TAPS-3		IPHWR-540	540	18 August 2006	No
4	TAPS-4			540	15 September 2005
5	RAPS-2	Rawatbhata, Rajasthan	CANDU	200	1 April 1981	Since 16 October 2009
6	RAPS-3		IPHWR-220	220	1 June 2000	Since 9 March 2010
7	RAPS-4			220	23 December 2000
8	RAPS-5			220	4 February 2010	Since 16 October 2009
9	RAPS-6			220	31 March 2010
10	MAPS-1	Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu	IPHWR-220	220	27 January 1984	No
11	MAPS-2			220	21 March 1986
12	NAPS-1	Narora, Uttar Pradesh	IPHWR-220	220	1 January 1991	Since 12 December 2014
13	NAPS-2			220	1 July 1992
14	KAPS-1	Kakrapar, Gujarat	IPHWR-220	220	6 May 1993	Since 3 December 2010
15	KAPS-2			220	1 September 1995
16	KAPS-3		IPHWR-700	700	22 July 2020	Since 11 September 2017
17	KAPS-4			700	17 December 2023	—
18	KGS-1	Kaiga, Karnataka	IPHWR-220	220	6 November 2000	No
19	KGS-2			220	6 May 2000
20	KGS-3			220	6 May 2007
21	KGS-4			220	27 November 2010
22	KKNPP-1	Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu	VVER-1000	1000	22 October 2013	Since 16 October 2009
23	KKNPP-2			1000	10 July 2016
	Total Capacity			8080

Inactive/Shutdown

Unit	Location	Type	Capacity (MWe)	Operational date	Shutdown date	Notes	Under IAEA safeguards[8]
RAPS-1	Rawatbhata, Rajasthan	CANDU	100	16 December 1973	October 2004	Shutdown, Pending decommissioning[9]	Since 16 October 2009

Under construction

Serial No.	Unit	Location	Type	Capacity (MWe)	Expected Date	Under IAEA safeguards[8]
1	RAPS-7	Rawatbhata, Rajasthan	IPHWR-700	700	2025	Since 23 December 2019
2	RAPS-8			700
3	GHAVP-1	Gorakhpur, Haryana		700	2028	No
4	GHAVP-2			700
5	KGS-5	Kaiga, Karnataka		700	2026
6	KGS-6			700
7	KKNPP-3	Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu	VVER-1000	1000	2025[10]	Since 7 May 2018
8	KKNPP-4			1000
9	KKNPP-5			1000	2027	To be included
10	KKNPP-6			1000
	Total Capacity			8200

Proposed

Power Plant[11]	Type	Capacity (MWe)	Current Status
Jaitapur in Maharashtra	EPR	9900 (6 × 1650 MW)	Techno - commercial offer submitted by EDF in 2020. Construction and progress stalled due to nuclear liability issues.[12]
GHAVP-3 and 4 (Gorakhpur, Haryana)	IPHWR-700	1400 (2 × 700 MW)	Under - construction. Commercial operations to begin by 2032
Mithi Virdi in Gujarat	LWR	6000 (6 × 1000 MW)	Project shifted to Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh, due to protest and delay in land acquisition.[13]
Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh	LWR	7248 (6 × 1208 MW)	Project upgraded from 6000 (6 × 1000) MW to 7248 (6 × 1208 MW). In principle approval given in December 2023.[14]
Chutka Nuclear Power Plant in Madhya Pradesh	IPHWR-700	1400 (2 × 700 MW)	Joint Venture agreement signed between NPCIL and NTPC in May 2023 for the construction of the indigenously built nuclear reactor. Construction to start by mid - 2025 and is anticipated to complete within 4-5 years.[15]
Bhimpur, Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh		2800 (4 × 700 MW)	There has been no recent progress or updates on the nuclear power plant.
Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project			Joint Venture agreement signed between NPCIL and NTPC in May 2023 for the construction of the indigenously built nuclear reactor. Construction to start by mid - 2025 and is anticipated to complete within 4-5 years.[16]
Haripur Nuclear Power Project, West Bengal	VVER-1000	6000 (6 ×1000 MW)	In Principle approval given in 2015. [17]The West Bengal state government denied approval for the project, stalling it.

Experience

NPCIL has the experience and expertise to safely operate and maintain many types of reactors. They include reactors like IPHWR-220, IPHWR-540, IPHWR-700, BWR-1, VVER 1000 reactors.

See also

• Advanced heavy-water reactor
• BHAVINI
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
• IPHWR
• Nuclear power in India