Kakrapar nuclear power plant

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Kakrapar nuclear power plant
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Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant (India)
Kakrapar nuclear power plant
Coordinates 21 ° 14 ′ 19 ″  N , 73 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 21 ° 14 ′ 19 ″  N , 73 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E
Country: India
Data
Owner: Nuclear Power Corporation of India LTD.
Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India LTD.
Project start: 1984
Commercial operation: May 6, 1993

Active reactors (gross):

2 (440 MW)

Reactors under construction (gross):

2 (1400 MW)
Energy fed in in 2010: 751.12 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning: 35,892.99 GWh
Website: Side of the operator
Was standing: June 8, 2011
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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The nuclear power plant Kakrapar (also Kakrapar Atomic Power Station - KAPS called) is located near the city of Surat in the state of Gujarat . It consists of two 220 megawatt (MW) pressurized water reactors with heavy water as moderator (Pressurized heavy water reactor, PHWR). KAPS-1 went critical on September 3, 1992 and began commercial power production on May 6, 1993. KAPS-2 went critical on January 8, 1995 and began commercial power production in September 1995. In January 2003, the CANDU Owners Group signed (COG) KAPS-1 as the world's best PHWR in its class. The construction costs were originally estimated at 3.8252 billion rupees, but the facility is said to have cost 13.35 billion rupees in the end.

In addition to the reactor, a plant for the treatment of heavy water will also be located on the site (Kakrapar Heavy Water Upgrade Plant).

In January 2010, construction work began on Units 3 and 4, each with 700 MW. The units should be completed in 2015 and 2016, but no corresponding news as of June 2016.

Accidents

  • In 1998, KAPS-1 was shut down for 66 days due to a leak in the cooling circuit.
  • On March 10, 2004, the power supply for the control rods was irreparably damaged during maintenance work. As a result, the Automatic Liquid Poison Addition System became unusable due to an operator error . The accident was rated as a level 2 incident on the INES scale.
  • On March 11, 2016, a loss of coolant accident occurred in KAPS-1 when one of the lines in the primary cooling circuit of the 306 pressure pipes burst. The accident was previously classified as INES 1.

safety

On August 22, 2006, villagers reported that two armed men had entered the power station's premises. A search by the police revealed no evidence that the people were still on the premises.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Kakrapar nuclear power plant has a total of two units in operation , and two more are under construction.

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		start of building Network
synchronization 		Commercialization
of essential operation 		switching off
processing
Kakrapar (KAPS) -1 PHWR 202 MW 220 MW December 01, 1984 11/24/1992 05/06/1993
Kakrapar (KAPS) -2 PHWR 202 MW 220 MW 04/01/1985 03/04/1995 09/01/1995
Kakrapar (KAPS) -3 PHWR 630 MW 700 MW 11/22/2010 October 2020 planned
Kakrapar (KAPS) -4 PHWR 630 MW 700 MW 11/22/2010 Scheduled for September 2021

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  1. ↑ First concrete for Kakrapar 3 and 4
  2. ^ Accident in KAPS ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ DiaNuke.org: Day 5 of the Accident in Kakrapar ( Memento from March 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Leak in Indian nuclear power plant ( Memento from March 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Spiegel Online: Alarm: Indian police are looking for armed intruders in a nuclear power plant from August 22, 2006
  6. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "India, Republic of: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
  7. ↑ a b Explained: The significance of Kakrapar-3. In: The Indian Express. July 23, 2020, accessed on July 25, 2020 .

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