There are 7 nuclear power stations in India they are –
1. The first nuclear power plant was started in 1969 at Tarapur near Mumbai with USA assistance. It has installed capacity of 1400 MW.
2. Ranapratap sagar plant near Kota in Rajasthan. It was established in 1973. Its capacity is 1180 MW.
3. Kalpakkam nuclear plant near Chennai in Tamilnadu was established in 1984 and its capacity is 440 MW.
4. Narora nuclear plant near Narora in Uttar Pradesh was established in 1991 and its capacity is 440 MW.
5. Kakrapara Atomic power plant near Kakrapur in Gujarat. It was established in 1993 and its capacity is 440 MW.
6. Kaiga nuclear plant at Kaiga near Karwar in Karnataka. It was established in 2000-and its capacity is 660 MW.
7. Kundakulam in Tamilnadu which was very recently commissioned in 2013. Its capacity is 1000 MW
There is a proposal to set up new nuclear power plants at Sri Sailam in Andhra Pradesh, Jaipur in Rajasthan, Tuticom in Tamilnadu, Talchar in Odhisha and Kolkata in West Bengal.
