India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat started commercial operations on Friday, a senior official said.

“With great pleasure, this is to inform that our first indigenous 700 MWe Unit, KAPP-3, has become commercial on 30th June 2023 at 1000 Hrs,” PTI has quoted a senior KAPP official as saying.  Presently, the unit is operating at 90% of its total power, he added.

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is building two 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar.

The NPCIL plans to build sixteen 700 MW PHWRs across the country and has granted financial and administrative sanctions for the same.