Tarapur (nuclear)
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Overview
Tarapur in Maharashtra was India's first nuclear power plant, started in 1969. After India's 1974 test, the US restricted fuel supplies for it.
Units 1 and 2, boiling water reactors supplied by the United States, began operation in 1969 and were India's first nuclear power reactors.
Units 3 and 4 are 540 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors, among the largest of their type built in India.
Tarapur is in Palghar district, north of Mumbai, and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre runs reprocessing facilities here.
It is the oldest nuclear power station in India.
It was built with the help of the USA.
It is still operating.
Tarapur is near Boisar.
Geography and key facts
- Maharashtra
- First nuclear plant, 1969
- Fuel curbs after 1974
- India's first nuclear power reactors (1969)
- Palghar district
- 540 MWe PHWRs
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on the nuclear programme.
Note for UPSC
Maharashtra; India's first nuclear power plant (1969).
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
- Maharashtra
- Kind
- nuclear
- Coordinates
- 19.829°N, 72.661°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.