Question

Tarapur's nuclear power plant has _________.
1. Pressurized water reactor
2. Boiling water reactor
3. Sodium graphite reactor
4. Rapid breeder reactor

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Boiling water reactor

Tarapur Atomic Power Station:

• Tarapur Atomic Power station is located in Tarapur, Maharashtra.
• It was the first commercial atomic power station of India commissioned on 28th October 1969.
• It was commissioned under 123 agreements signed between India, the United States and International Atomic Energy Agency. 
• The station is operated by the National power corporation of India.

 

Power plant	Type of reactor
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant	WWER (Water-Water Energetic Reactor)
Tarapur Atomic Power Station	BWR (Boiling Water Reactor)
Narora Atomic Power Station	PHWR (Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor)
Kaiga Atomic Power Station	PHWR (Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor)