Narora (nuclear)
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Overview
The Narora Atomic Power Station is in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Ganga.
It is run by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and uses indigenous pressurised heavy-water reactors. It is the only NPCIL station located in seismic zone IV, so its buildings were designed for stronger ground shaking than other Indian plants.
It takes cooling water from the Ganga just upstream of the Narora barrage.
Geography and key facts
- Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh
- On the Ganga
- Pressurised heavy-water reactors (NPCIL)
- Uttar Pradesh's nuclear plant
Why it matters for UPSC
Nuclear plant–state pairs: Tarapur (Maharashtra), Rawatbhata (Rajasthan), Narora (UP), Kakrapar (Gujarat), Kaiga (Karnataka), Kalpakkam and Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu).
Note for UPSC
Uttar Pradesh, on the Ganga.
Power plants are asked as plant–state pairs and by type of energy.
Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- Power plant
- State / UT
- Uttar Pradesh
- Kind
- nuclear
- Coordinates
- 28.158°N, 78.409°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.