Jaitapur nuclear plant

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project is
a new proposed 9900 MW
power project of Nuclear Power
Corporation of India (NPCIL) at
Madban village of Ratnagiri
district in Maharashtra.

* It will be the largest nuclear
power generating station in the
world by net electrical power
rating once completed.
On December 6, 2010 agreement
was signed for the construction
of first set of two third-
generation European Pressurized
Reactors/Evolutionary Power
Reactors (EPR) and the supply of
nuclear fuel for 25 years in the
presence of French President
Nicolas Sarkozy and Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh.

* French nuclear engineering firm
Areva S.A. and Indian state-
owned nuclear operator Nuclear
Power Corporation of India
signed this multi billion valued
agreement of about $9.3 billion.

* This is a general framework
agreement along with
agreement on 'Protection of
Confidentiality of Technical Data
and Information Relating to
Nuclear Power Corporation in the
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy'
was also signed.

* The general framework
agreement is a list of the scope
of work, terms and conditions of
plant life, guarantees and
warrantees, guaranteed plant
load factor. This agreement is
quite important since life of the
reactors is anticipated at 60
years. This general framework
agreement will also include
financial aspect of the project
including the terms and
conditions of funding, debt
funding. Etc...

REACTORS INFORMATION:
Reactors planned: 6 x 1650 MW
Reactor types: European
Pressurized Reactor/Evolutionary
Power Reactor
Reactor suppliers: France Areva