Question

Which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?
1. Tarapore
2. Rawatbhata
3. Kalpakkam
4. Narora

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Kalpakkam

The correct answer is Kalpakkam.

• Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station also called Madras Atomic Power Station is located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometres south of Chennai, India.

• It has a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors.
• It is completely built indigenously.
• It has two units generating 220 MW of electricity.
• The first unit started in 1983 and the second unit started in 1985.
• Its construction began in 1970 and it was commissioned in 1984.
• It operates under the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.

• Tarapur Atomic power Station- It is located in Tarapur, Palghar, Maharastra. It was the first commercial nuclear power station.
• Rawatbhata Atomic power Station - It is located at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) was the first plant in India, in which operation is being carried in pressurized heavy water reactors.
• Narora Atomic power Station - It is a nuclear power plant which is located at Narora in Bulandshahar District in Uttar Pradesh.