Pinning hopes on augmented nuclear fuel supply through imports, state owned Nuclear Power Corporation is aiming to double its electricity generation in the current fiscal to 28 billion units.
Mr S Thakur executive director (Corporate Planning) of NPCIL said that "The corporation is going to double its power generation this fiscal. Even under the conservative estimates, the power generation of the corporation would stand at 22 billion units.”
He added that the company began generating power from the second unit of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station using imported fuel from Areva of France earlier this month. He said that "We have started production at our Rajasthan plant using imported fuel from Areva. The condition of fuel supply is now much better compared to the situation 2 to 3 years ago.”
Mr S Thakur said that the PSU had originally set a target of generating 19 billion units of electricity.
NPCIL operates 17 atomic power plants with total generation capacity of 4,120 MW. The plants across the country are operating at 70% of their installed capacity against less than 50% last year.
(Sourced from http://www.steelguru.com/news/index/2009/09/16/MTExOTE4/NPCIL_aims_to_double_electricity_generation_this_fiscal.html)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
NPCIL aims to double electricity generation this fiscal
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