BHEL bags TN nuclear plant contract
State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) today announced it has bagged a contract for supplying equipment for a 500 MW nuclear power plant at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, being set up by Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam (BNVL).
“Under international competitive bidding, we have bagged a contract for the turbine generator and secondary side equipment for the first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor of 500 MWe rating,” BHEL said in a statement.
The unit is scheduled for commissioning during the 11th Five-Year Plan.
In the 1,080 MWe nuclear power plant at Tarapur in Maharashtra BHEL had supplied the equipment and commissioned the project.
