PM Narendra Modi on Ahmedabad-Varanasi tour: Will dedicate 2 nuclear power plants to the country

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation two new Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) with a total capacity of 1,400 MW at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Surat district on Thursday (February 22, 2024).  Along with this, he will inaugurate or lay the foundation stone of many projects during his one-day visit to Gujarat.  Officials gave this information on Wednesday (February 21).
According to the statement issued by PIB, the Prime Minister will dedicate to the nation two new units at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS).  It said that the KAPS-3 and KAPS-4 projects, built at a cost of more than Rs 22,500 crore by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), have a cumulative capacity of 1400 MW and are the largest indigenous PHWRs.
The statement said - These are the first reactors of their kind which are equipped with advanced safety features compared to the best reactors in the world.  These two reactors will generate about 10.4 billion units of clean electricity every year and will benefit consumers in several states and union territories like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.