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*Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) was established in 1971 at Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu) for the development and research work on fast breeder technology.
*Kudamkulam Nuclear power station is established with the collaboration of India and Russia
*Jaithapur Atomic power station Maharashtra is established with the collaboration of France.
*The proposed Kowada Nuclear Power Plant is located in
Ans : Andra Pradesh
*The largest producer and consumer of nuclear power in India
Ans : Maharashtra
Project River State
*Bhakra Nangal Multi Purpose Project- Sultlej-Joint venture of Punjab, Haiyana, and Rajasthan
*Datnodar valley multipurpose project-Damodar-West Bengal
*Hirakud MPP -Mahanadi -Orissa
*Riband MPP -Riband -Uttar Pradesh
*Tungabhadra MPP -Tungabhadra-Joint venture of AndraPradesh and Karnataka
*Nagarjuna Sagar -Krishna -Andra Pradesh
*Tehri Dam -Bhagirathi-Joint Project of govt. of India and Uttarkhand
*Dool Hasti -Chenab -Jammu &Kashmir
*Gandhisagar -Chambal -Rajasthan & MP
*Kosi project -Kosi -Joint project of India and Nepal
*Koyna Project -Koyna -Maharashha
*Sardarsarovar Dam -Narmada -Madhya
*Ranapratap Sagar dam-Chambal -Rajasthan
Important Atomic Stations
*Kaiga-Karanataka
*Kakrappara- Gujarat
*Kalppakkam, Kudamkulam-Tamilnadu
*Narora -Uttarpradesh
*Kota, Rawathbhata -Rajasthan
*Tharapur, Jaithapur -Maharashtra
NUCLEAR POWER
*India’s first peaceful underground nuclear test explosion took place
Ans : Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar desert) (18th May, 1974)
*The Prime Minister of India at the time of India’s first peaceful underground nuclear test explosion
Ans : Indira Gandhi
*The secret name of India’s first nuclear test explosion
Ans : ‘Smiling Buddha’.
*The code name of the second and third nuclear test explosion conducted by India at Pokhran on 11th and 13th May 1998
Ans : Operation Shakti
*The prime Minister of India at the time of 2nd Nuclear test
Ans : Atal Bihari Vajpai
NON-CONVENTIONAL
*The non- conventional energy is also called as renewable energy
*The non- conventional sources of energy includes solar energy, tidal energy and geothermal energy.
Koodankulam Project
*The second atomic power project in Tamil Nadu being built with the help of Russia
Ans : Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project
*Koodankulam nuclear power station is situated at Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu.
*The foreign country which collaborates to build Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Ans : Russia
*The project was signed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on 20th- November 1988 for the construction of two reactors of 2 GW (2000 MW). Construction began in 1997.
*The local leader who protests against the construction of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project is
Ans : S.P.Udayakumar
*The fuel to be used for the reactors at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant - Enriched Uranium (Uranium 235)
*The moderator and coolant used in the reactors
Ans : Light water.
