Madras nuclear power plant

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Madras nuclear power plant
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Madras nuclear power plant (India)
Madras nuclear power plant
Coordinates 12 ° 33 '30 "  N , 80 ° 10' 30"  E Coordinates: 12 ° 33 '30 "  N , 80 ° 10' 30"  E
Country: IndiaIndia India
Data
Owner: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
Project start: 1970
Commercial operation: Jan. 27, 1984

Active reactors (gross):

2 (440 MW)

Reactors under construction (gross):

1 (500 MW)
Energy fed in in 2007: 1,666 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning: 39,699 GWh
Website: Side of the operator
Was standing: July 2, 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .
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The Madras nuclear power plant (also called Madras Atomic Power Station , abbreviation MAPS ) is located in Kalpakkam in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu , approx. 80 km south of Chennai ( Madras ).

Reactor data

It is the first heavy water moderated pressurized water reactor (PHWR) built entirely in India. It is the copy of the Canadian CANDU reactor in Rajasthan-1 . Madras-1 went critical on July 23, 1983 , Madras-2 on September 20, 1985. The two reactors each produced 170  megawatts .

The reactors were completely overhauled in 2002/03 and 2004/05. This increased the output from 170 megawatts to 220 megawatts. A large part of the reactor core was replaced, which extends the service life until 2033 or 2036.

The fuel rods from Madras-1 and Madras-2 are processed in the Kalpakkam Reprocessing Plant (KARP).

Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research

The Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research is also located on the site of the plant with a number of plants that do not belong directly to the power plant, for example a plutonium processing ( MOX ), and a 40 MWt breeder reactor that is developed from the French reactor RAPSODIE has been. It became critical on October 18, 1985.

Another fast breeder reactor ( Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor - PFBR) with 500 MW output has been under construction since 2004. The reactor should be completed in June 2009. Construction costs have risen 40 percent from the originally planned Rs. 35 billion to Rs. 50 billion due to sharp increases in material and labor costs, changes in component design and the 2004 tsunami . The sodium is currently delivered. It should be critical in 2020 .

The spent fuel will then be in the Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (FRFRP) reprocessed . The radioactive waste generated is then stored in an interim storage facility on site. The Kamini ( KA lpakkam MINI ) test reactor, which can be operated with the U 233 , is also noteworthy . This is the successor to the PURNIMA-III in the Bhabha Atomic Research Center .

Accidents

On May 4, 1987, the reactor core was damaged in the Kalpakkam test reactor. This was then shut down for 2 years. The cost of the incident is estimated at $ 352 million. In this context, the costs of nuclear accidents in nuclear energy research and civil use worldwide are estimated at well over 400 billion dollars.

On January 21, 2003, six KARP workers were contaminated while working on a tank. As a result, parts of the plant were closed for six months.

Kalpakkam and the nuclear power plant hit the headlines when it was initially said that the tsunami of December 26, 2004 had also damaged the nuclear power plant. However, the operators assured that the power plant could have been shut down without incident. However, the tsunami left extensive damage in the area and claimed numerous lives in Kalpakkam as well.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Madras Nuclear Power Plant has two commercial power reactors:

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		start of building Network
synchronization 		Commercialization
of essential operation 		switching off
processing
Madras (MAPS) -1 PHWR 205 MW 220 MW 01/01/1971 07/23/1983 01/27/1984
Madras (MAPS) -2 PHWR 205 MW 220 MW 10/01/1972 09/20/1985 03/21/1986

The following reactors are located in the atomic research center:

Reactor block Reactor type net
power 		gross
power 		start of building Network
synchronization 		Commercialization
of essential operation 		switching off
processing
Madras ( PFBR ) Fast breeder reactor 470 MW 500 MW 10/23/2004 (Planned for 2020)
FBTR Fast breeder reactor (research reactor) 40 MWt 01/01/1972 October 18, 1985
CHIMNEY U-233 FUELLED (research reactor) 30 kWt 01/01/1986 10/29/1996

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ India's fast nuclear reactor project costs rise 40 percent (English)
  2. ↑ Venkatachari Jagannathan: Bhavini, fast-breeder reactor operator, to raise Rs.1,200 crore . In: News Track India , June 10, 2012. 
  3. ^ Thehindubusinessline.com
  4. ↑ PFPR should be critical in 2020, The Hindu February 11, 2019
  5. ^ Indian government takes steps to get nuclear back on track. WNN World Nuclear News, accessed October 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Costs failed nuclear power plant projects: Billions in investments without income In: tagesschau.de , October 22, 2015, accessed on November 28, 2018.
  7. ^ A b "India, Republic of: Nuclear Power Reactors". IAEA Power Reactor Information System (English)
  8. ^ Indian government takes steps to get nuclear back on track - World Nuclear News. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
  9. ↑ a b Research Reactor Database (RRDB) of the IAEA