Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam
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Madras Atomic Power Station at Kalpakkam is one of India's earliest nuclear power plants, located on the Coromandel Coast in Tamil Nadu and operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Madras Atomic Power Station | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nuclear power plant ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | MAPS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coast | Coromandel Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1984 ⓘ |
| commissionedUnit1 | 1984 ⓘ |
| commissionedUnit2 | 1986 ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Indian national power grid ⓘ |
| coolant | heavy water ⓘ |
| coolingSource | Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| designedBy | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromChennai_km | about 80 ⓘ |
| district | Chengalpattu district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fuelType | natural uranium ⓘ |
| governingMinistry | Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridCode | Southern Region Load Despatch Centre jurisdiction ⓘ |
| gridConnection | Southern Regional Grid of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridState | Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grossElectricalCapacity_MW | 470 ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bay of Bengal coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Kalpakkam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moderator | heavy water ⓘ |
| nearbyFacility |
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalpakkam nuclear complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| netElectricalCapacity_MW | 440 ⓘ |
| numberOfReactors | 2 ⓘ |
| oneOfEarliestNuclearPlantsIn | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Government of India
ⓘ
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | India’s commercial nuclear power programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousDistrictName | Kanchipuram district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
electricity generation
ⓘ
research support ⓘ |
| reactorType |
PHWR
ⓘ
pressurized heavy water reactor ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryFramework | Atomic Energy Act of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetySystem |
containment building
ⓘ
emergency core cooling system ⓘ |
| sector | civil nuclear power ⓘ |
| siteType | coastal site ⓘ |
| state | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| technologyOrigin | Indian-designed PHWR technology ⓘ |
| unit |
MAPS-1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MAPS-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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