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Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
AERB okays Mahi Banswara site to build 4 N-power plants
1 2 3 New Delhi: India's nuclear regulator has approved a proposal to build four 700MWe units of atomic power reactors at Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted the approval to the project site after a three-tier review subject to satisfactory compliance with the stipulations and conditions. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) applied to the AERB seeking consent for the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) site to build four indigenously developed pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) of 700 MWe capacity. "Consent is hereby granted for siting of MBRAPP 1 to 4, subject to satisfactory compliance to the stipulations and conditions specified in Annexure 1," the AERB said. "The Consent will be subjected to re-review for any non-compliance to the stipulations and conditions. The Consent shall not be transferable without the prior approval of the Competent Authority," the nuclear regulator said. The Mahi Banswara project is being implemented by Anushakti Vidyut Nigam, a joint venture between NPCIL and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
AERB approves Mahi Banswara site in Rajasthan to build four 700 MWe nuclear power plants
India's nuclear regulator has approved a proposal to build four 700MWe units of atomic power reactors at Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted the approval to the project site after a three-tier review subject to satisfactory compliance with the stipulations and conditions. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) applied to the AERB seeking consent for the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) site to build four indigenously developed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) of 700 MWe capacity. "Consent is hereby granted for Siting of MBRAPP 1 to 4, subject to satisfactory compliance to the stipulations and conditions specified in Annexure 1," the AERB said. "The Consent will be subjected to re-review for any non-compliance to the stipulations and conditions. The Consent shall not be transferable without the prior approval of the Competent Authority," the nuclear regulator said. The Mahi Banswara project is being implemented by Anushakti Vidyut Nigam , a joint venture between NPCIL and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). At present, NPCIL and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (Bhavini) are allowed to build and operate nuclear power plants. An amendment to the Atomic Energy Act-1962 in 2015 paved the way for joint ventures between NPCIL and other public sector companies to build nuclear power plants. The MBRAPP units are among ten 700 MWe PHWRs that the government plans to build under the fleet mode approach, approval for which was granted in 2017. Besides Mahi Banswara, the fleet mode nuclear plants will come up at Kaiga NPP (two units), Gorakhpur-Haryana (two units) and Chutka-Madhya Pradesh (two units).
Time of India
6 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
AERB approves Mahi Banswara site in Rajasthan to build four 700 MWe nuclear power plants
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel India's nuclear regulator has approved a proposal to build four 700MWe units of atomic power reactors at Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan. The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) granted the approval to the project site after a three-tier review subject to satisfactory compliance with the stipulations and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) applied to the AERB seeking consent for the Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) site to build four indigenously developed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) of 700 MWe capacity."Consent is hereby granted for Siting of MBRAPP 1 to 4, subject to satisfactory compliance to the stipulations and conditions specified in Annexure 1," the AERB said."The Consent will be subjected to re-review for any non-compliance to the stipulations and conditions. The Consent shall not be transferable without the prior approval of the Competent Authority," the nuclear regulator Mahi Banswara project is being implemented by Anushakti Vidyut Nigam , a joint venture between NPCIL and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).At present, NPCIL and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (Bhavini) are allowed to build and operate nuclear power plants. An amendment to the Atomic Energy Act-1962 in 2015 paved the way for joint ventures between NPCIL and other public sector companies to build nuclear power MBRAPP units are among ten 700 MWe PHWRs that the government plans to build under the fleet mode approach, approval for which was granted in Mahi Banswara, the fleet mode nuclear plants will come up at Kaiga NPP (two units), Gorakhpur-Haryana (two units) and Chutka-Madhya Pradesh (two units).
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Forest panel to consider nod to new nuclear plant in Rajasthan
As India revs up on nuclear power and mulls easing of regulatory rulebooks, paths and clearances are being expedited for several ambitious projects, the latest being the 2800 MWe Mahi-Banswara Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Rajasthan. Accorded the critical 'siting consent' by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) on May 9-approval of the site's suitability to house an NPP -- the ambitious project is coming up for forest clearance this week at the Union environment ministry. The project has been planned for over a decade with notification for the acquisition of land for the NPP issued on September 3, 2012 in the Rajasthan Government Gazette. Things, however, are now picking up pace. The clock, in fact, is ticking for the project envisaged to be commissioned by May 2030. It is gathered that NPCIL has moved the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) seeking permission for significant land use changes for the plant. While earlier it was to use 27 hectares of the total 100-hectare forest land for critical power plant related infrastructure such as the Operating Island and pipeline corridors and leave the rest as green cover, new assessments require it to utilise over 45 hectares of forest land for vital infrastructure. Accordingly, FAC's approval has been sought to approve the land re-diversion. ET gathers it will come up for consideration at the May 26 FAC meeting, barely six months after the proposal was moved. The 2,800 MWe NPP will consist of four units of Indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) of 700 MWe capacity each, abbreviated as MBRAPP -1 to 4. They are to come up over 660 hectares of land upstream of the Mahi-Bajajsagar reservoir. Forest land apart, it includes private and government land-land acquisition across some rural segments has been challenging. The proposed 700 MWe PHWR reactors are indigenous and are similar to the ones currently under construction in Gujarat (KAPP-3 & 4) and in Rajasthan (RAPP-7 & 8). The estimated tariff from the project is expected to be comparable and competitive with the contemporary thermal stations in the northern region. The project is significant as it will be one of the first to be executed through ASHVINI -- a Joint venture company between PSUs-NTPC and Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) -- incorporated for setting up and scaling up nuclear power projects in the country through pooling of resources and expertise. This was enabled through an amendment in the definition of the Government Company under Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act, 2015. Earlier, NPCIL was the sole executor of all NPPs in India. In September 2024, the MBRAPP 4X700 MW was transferred from NPCIL to ASHVINI. MBRAPP is also significant as it is part of the 'fleet mode reactor program', a key national mission to set up a series of indigenous nuclear power plants within 4-5 years to meet growing energy needs through 'cleaner' fuel as compared to thermal projects, in view of India's climate action commitments at global fora.
