Nuclear Power in India

Energy produced from radio-active minerals like uranium, thorium etc is called nuclear power. Nearly 10000 tons of coal produces power that is produced by only 1 tine of uranium. Though India has plenty of uranium and thorium reserves lack of technical know-how causes low production of nuclear power. In India only 2% to 3% of the energy produced comes from nuclear power.

Nuclear Power Stations in India

There are only six stations producing nuclear power commercially. They are –

1. Tarapur station located 100 km to the north of Mumbai.
2. Rana Pratap Sagar station near Kota in Rajasthan.
3. Kalpakkam station which lies to the north of Chennai.
4. Narora station in Bulandshahr district of U.P.
5. Kakrapar near Surat in Gujarat.
6. Kaiga in Karnataka.

Nuclear Power plants under construction:

The rapidly increasing demand for electricity has initiated the construction of more nuclear power stations in India.

Atomic Research Centers

There centers in India that conduct atomic research are:

• Bhaba Atomic Research Centre in brief called BARC located at Trombey near Mumbai.
• Indira Gandhji Center for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu.
• Center for Advanced Technology at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.