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Nuclear Power Stations Nuclear Power Station 1 Tarapur 2 Kalpakkam 3 Rawatbhata 4 Narora 5 Kaiga Location Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Kota, Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Karnataka 4 2 6 2 3 Units 1400 MWe 440 MWe 1180 MWe 440 MWe 660 MWe
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6 Kakrapar

Gujarat

440 MWe

7 Kudankulam Tamil Nadu Under construction with the assistance of Russia Of the 7 Atomic Power Stations Tarapur is the oldest and the biggest. Only Tarapur has 2 Boiling Water Reactors, all others have Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors A new proposed 9900 MW nuclear power project is coming up at Jaitapur at Madban village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The power project will be the largest in the world in terms of net electrical power once completed. For details see Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in GK Topics Environment section. Heavy Water Plants in India # Heavy Water Plant State Gujarat Gujarat Rajashtan

1. Heavy Water Plant, Baroda 2. Heavy Water Plant, Hazira 3. Heavy Water Plant, Kota

4. Heavy Water Plant, Manuguru Andhra Pradesh 5. Heavy Water Plant, Talcher Odisha 6. Heavy Water Plant, Thal Maharashtra 7. Heavy Water Plant, Tuticorin Tamilnadu Institutions under the Department of Atomic Energy # Institution Location Mumbai Mumbai Kolkata Bhubaneswar Chennai Allahabad

1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) 2. Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) 3. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) 4. Institute of Physics (IoP) 5. Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) 6. Harish Chandra Research Institute (HRI)

7. Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) Gandhinagar 8. National Institute of Science, Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar 9. Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES) Mumbai

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Indian Scientists The scientist who studied plants and invented the crescograph - Jagdish Chandra Bose. The scientist known as the Father of Green Revolution - MS Swaminathan. The scientist awarded with both the Bharat Ratna and the Nobel Prize - CV Raman. The scientist who founded the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Homi J Bhabha. The scientist known as the Father of Indian Space Research - Vikram Sarabhai. The engineer who constructed Indias 1st Hydro-electric Project Krishnarajasagar Dam - M Visveswarayya. The scientist known as Father of Indias Missile Program - APJ Abdul Kalam.

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