State-owned engineering firm Bharat Heavy Electricals and Nuclear Power Corporation have inked an initial pact to jointly pursue business opportunities in nuclear power based on pressurised heavy water reactor technology.

The government has accorded sanction for setting up ten nuclear power reactors in the country with a total capacity of 7000 MW. 11 reactors with a total capacity of 8700 MW are under various stages of construction or commissioning.

Indias atomic power major, Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) began the excavation work for construction of two 700 MW power plants at Karnatakas Kaiga. According to the NPCIL, the two units - fifth and sixth- at Kaiga are part of the ten indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) sanctioned by the government.

Indias nuclear regulator has granted permission for commencing the excavation for building two 700 MW atomic power plants at Kaiga Generating Station in Karwar district of Karnataka.

With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka's Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 'fleet mode' nuclear reactors over the next three years.

The Government has accorded in-principle approval of the site at Jaitapur in Maharashtra for setting up six nuclear power reactors of 1,650 MW each in technical cooperation with France, which would make it the largest nuclear power generating site with a total capacity of 9900 MW, the parliament was informed by the government recently.

French energy group EDF has taken a key step towards building the world's biggest nuclear power plant in India, a project blocked for years by global nuclear events and local opposition. The company has filed a binding offer to supply engineering studies and equipment to build six third-generation EPR reactors in Jaitapur, Maharashtra.

Kovvada Atomic Power Project is a proposed 6,600 MW nuclear power station in the state of Andhra Pradesh. So far, the project is moving at a snail pace.

Plans to set up fifth and sixth units at Kaiga nuclear power station. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF) has recently given project approval.