Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following sites do “Not” have nuclear power plant?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Vijaywada.
Key Points
- Vijayawada has a thermal power station named after Dr Narla Tata Rao
- Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power.
- Under Homi J. Bhabha’s direction, India’s nuclear energy programme was started around the time of independence.
- Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1 is the first and the oldest Nuclear Power Station In India.
Nuclear Plants | Location |
Kakrapar Atomic Power Station – 1993 | Gujarat |
(Kalpakkam) Madras Atomic Power Station – 1984 | Tamil Nadu |
Narora Atomic Power Station- 1991 | Uttar Pradesh |
Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant -2000 | Karnataka |
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station – 1973 | Rajasthan |
Tarapur Atomic Power Station – 1969 | Maharashtra |
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant – 2013 | Tamil Nadu |
Additional Information
- Presently, India has 22 nuclear power reactors operating in 7 states, with an installed capacity of 6780 MegaWatt electric
- Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited -NPCIL is a government-owned corporation of India that is responsible for the generation of electricity through nuclear power.
- NPCIL is administered by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
THERMAL POWER PLANT | NUCLEAR POWER PLANT |
1. Uses coal as fuel. |
1. Uses radioactive element like uranium or plutonium is used. |
2. Emit gases like Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, Sulfur dioxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide. | 2. Do not emit any gas. |
3. It produces steam by combustion of fuel. | 3. It produces steam by nuclear fission of fuel in a nuclear reactor. |
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