NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN INDIA( EXAM ORIENTED )

SHORT NOTE ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN INDIA MAIN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN INDIA  presently 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780 MW in operation
SL NO	POWER STATION	LOCATION	CAPACITY IN MW
1	Tarapur Atomic Power Station	Tana , Maharashtra	1400
2	Kaiga nuclear power plant	Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu	880
3	Rajasthan Atomic power station	Rawatbhata, chittogarh, Rajasthan	1,180
4	Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS),	Kancheepuram	440
5	Kakrapar atomic station	Surat ,Gujarat	440
6	Kudamkulam nuclear power station	Tirunelveli, tamilnadu	1000
7	Narora atomic power station	Bulandshahr ,UP	440

NOTE :

1.     Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.AP.S.) was the first nuclear power plant in India. The construction of the plant was started in 1962 and the plant went operational in 1969

2.     Nuclear power  is the fourth largest source  of electricity   in india after thermal, hydroelectric and  renewable sources of energy            

3.      As of 2013, India has 21 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, having an installed capacity of 5780 MW