27-06-2017, 11:22 AM
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS, also Rajasthan Atomic Power Project - RAPP) is located in Rawatbhata in the state of Rajasthan, India. Construction of the Douglas Point nuclear power plant in Canada began in 1961 with a CWU (CANute Deuterium Uranium) pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) capable of producing 220 MW of electricity. Two years after the construction of the Rajasthan Energy Project (RAPP) began, with two similar reactors built in the state of Rajasthan. Ten years later, in 1973 RAPS-1 was put into service. In 1974, after India ran smiling Buddha, his first test of Canadian nuclear weapons stopped his support of the project, delaying the start-up of RAPS-2 until 1981.
In the context of the Indian atomic program, two other PHWRs with a power of 220 MW each were built. They cost about 570 million dollars. RAPS-3 became critical on December 24, 1999, RAPS-4 became critical on November 3, 2000. Commercial operations commenced on June 1, 2000 for unit 3 and December 23, 2000 for unit Four.
Two other reactors (RAPS-5 and RAPS-6) were also built with 220 MWe, with unit 5 commencing commercial operation on February 4, 2010 and unit 6 on March 31, 2010. Two of the new series Of 700 MWe Reactor (RAPP-7 and RAPP-8) are under construction in Rajasthan.
In November 2012, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) audited intensively for several weeks two reactors at the Rajasthan Atomic Station for security. It has come to the conclusion that the reactors are among the best in the world, the domestically produced 220 MW atomic plants can withstand one type of Fukushima accident, even suggesting that the "safety culture is strong in India" and that India was a winner with a high global rank of security. The first concrete for unit 7 was discharged on July 18, 2011, with a commercial operation scheduled for 2016. The two reactors will cost an estimated Rs 123.2 billion (US $ 2.6 billion).