First ever atomic energy plant in Haryana at Rs 1500 cr
Updated: Jun 15, 2015 03:54:38pm
New Delhi, Jun 15 (KNN) As an initiative for India's atomic energy programme, decks have been cleared for the first-ever atomic energy plant to be set up in Haryana. The Department of Atomic Energy succeeded in launching an insurance pool of Rs 1500 crore and with this.
This was informed by Union Minister of Development of North-Eastern Region, MoS, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh at a press conference here on Saturday to highlight the achievements of the Department of Atomic Energy during one year in office of the present government.
The minister said the decks have been cleared for further progress in installing a pressurised heavy water reactor with a capacity of two units of 700 MW each in Gorakhpur, Haryana. This reactor is expected to get commissioned by 2022 or 2023.
Northern states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were so far somehow not actively involved in the atomic energy programme of India which was hitherto confined mostly to other parts of the country and therefore, with this new initiative, India’s atomic energy programme has assumed a pan-India visibility, he said.
Singh said that during his first-ever visit to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) as Prime Minister in the month of July last year, Narendra Modi had set a target before the scientists for increasing India’s nuclear energy capability to three times within next ten years and with the new Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor to be set up under Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP), a rapid step forward will be accomplished in the direction of achieving such similarity in the times to come.
The minister made another major announcement that the government has planned to set up a centre “Hall of Nuclear Power” at the New Delhi Science Centre at Pragati Maidan.
This will not only establish the visibility of Department of Atomic Energy in the national capital, but will also help in spreading public awareness about the kind of work and accomplishments being done by the Indian nuclear scientists, added Singh.
Secretary Department of Atomic Energy RK Sinha, Director BARC Sekhar Basu, CMD NPCIL C Purohit and DG PIB Frank Noronha were also present at the conference. (KNN/ST)
This was informed by Union Minister of Development of North-Eastern Region, MoS, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh at a press conference here on Saturday to highlight the achievements of the Department of Atomic Energy during one year in office of the present government.
The minister said the decks have been cleared for further progress in installing a pressurised heavy water reactor with a capacity of two units of 700 MW each in Gorakhpur, Haryana. This reactor is expected to get commissioned by 2022 or 2023.
Northern states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were so far somehow not actively involved in the atomic energy programme of India which was hitherto confined mostly to other parts of the country and therefore, with this new initiative, India’s atomic energy programme has assumed a pan-India visibility, he said.
Singh said that during his first-ever visit to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) as Prime Minister in the month of July last year, Narendra Modi had set a target before the scientists for increasing India’s nuclear energy capability to three times within next ten years and with the new Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor to be set up under Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP), a rapid step forward will be accomplished in the direction of achieving such similarity in the times to come.
The minister made another major announcement that the government has planned to set up a centre “Hall of Nuclear Power” at the New Delhi Science Centre at Pragati Maidan.
This will not only establish the visibility of Department of Atomic Energy in the national capital, but will also help in spreading public awareness about the kind of work and accomplishments being done by the Indian nuclear scientists, added Singh.
Secretary Department of Atomic Energy RK Sinha, Director BARC Sekhar Basu, CMD NPCIL C Purohit and DG PIB Frank Noronha were also present at the conference. (KNN/ST)
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