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this is a decade old video on india's 3 stage thorium program . What are latest developments if anyone is following it ?

India's experimental Thorium Fuel Cycle Nuclear Reactor [NDTV Report] - YouTube
As always, there's a shortage of funds. Govt must spend more on on research than on social welfare schemes.
"The world's most polluted city"- Britfags will always insult India given any chance. This channel also made a video on Mumbai coastal road project and did the same randi rona of environment and pollution. This time they couldn't do anything as it's a rail project.
 

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These electric buses have good acceleration. But the AC is very weak and not suitable for our weather. Hope they've improved this.
even if AC has not been addressed, will have to deal with it later. right now focus is on bringing the capex down. either singapore fellows or us, one of the two will find a solution to this issue. singapore public transport also has high AC requirement and they have introduced 50 electric busses so far.
 

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Beginning 2023, India to start building nuclear power plants in ‘fleet mode’

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) 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 first pour of concrete (FPC) signals the beginning of construction of nuclear power reactors from the pre-project stage which includes excavation activities at the project site.

“The FPC of Kaiga units 5&6 is expected in 2023; FPC of Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Praiyonjan units 3 & 4 and Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Projects units 1 to 4 is expected in 2024; and that of Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atomic Power Project units 1 & 2 in 2025,” officials of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) told the Parliamentary panel on science and technology.


The Centre had approved construction of 10 indigenously developed pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each in June 2017. The ten PHWRs will be built at a cost of Rs 1.05 lakh crore.


It was for the first time that the government had approved building 10 nuclear power reactors in one go with an aim to reduce costs and speed up construction time.


Bulk procurement was underway for the fleet mode projects with purchase orders placed for forgings for steam generators, SS 304L lattice tubes and plates for end shields, pressuriser forgings, bleed condensers forgings, incoloy-800 tubes for 40 steam generators, reactor headers, DAE officials said. Engineering, procurement and construction package for turbine island has been awarded for Gorakhpur units three and four and Kaiga units five and six, they added.


Under the fleet mode, a nuclear power plant is expected to be built over a period of five years from the first pour of concrete.


Currently, India operates 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780 MW in operation. One 700 MW reactor at Kakrapar in Gujarat was connected to the grid on January 10 last year, but it is yet to start commercial operations.


The PHWRs, which use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as moderator, have emerged as the mainstay of India’s nuclear power programme.


India’s first pair of PHWRs of 220 MW each were set up at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan in the 1960s with Canadian support. The second reactor had to be built with significant domestic components as Canada withdrew support following India’s peaceful nuclear tests in 1974.

As many as 14 PHWRS of 220 MW each with standardised design and improved safety measures were built by India over the years. Indian engineers further improvised the design to increase the power generation capacity to 540 MWe, and two such reactors were made operational at Tarapur in Maharashtra.


Further optimisations were carried out to upgrade the capacity to 700 MWe. PTI SKU DV DV

 

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India To Build Nuclear Power Plants In "Fleet Mode" From 2023

In 2017, the centre, for the first time, approved building 10 nuclear power reactors in one go with an aim to reduce costs and speed up construction time.

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 first pour of concrete (FPC) signals the beginning of construction of nuclear power reactors from the pre-project stage which includes excavation activities at the project site.

“The FPC of Kaiga units 5&6 is expected in 2023; FPC of Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Praiyonjan units 3 & 4 and Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Projects units 1 to 4 is expected in 2024; and that of Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atomic Power Project units 1 & 2 in 2025,” officials of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) told the Parliamentary panel on science and technology.

The Centre had approved construction of 10 indigenously developed pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW each in June 2017. The ten PHWRs will be built at a cost of ₹ 1.05 lakh crore.

It was for the first time that the government had approved building 10 nuclear power reactors in one go with an aim to reduce costs and speed up construction time.

Bulk procurement was underway for the fleet mode projects with purchase orders placed for forgings for steam generators, SS 304L lattice tubes and plates for end shields, pressuriser forgings, bleed condensers forgings, incoloy-800 tubes for 40 steam generators, reactor headers, DAE officials said. Engineering, procurement and construction package for turbine island has been awarded for Gorakhpur units three and four and Kaiga units five and six, they added.

Under the fleet mode, a nuclear power plant is expected to be built over a period of five years from the first pour of concrete.

 

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India to Build 10 Nuclear Power Plants in ‘Fleet Mode’
This is the first time that the government has approved the construction of 10 nuclear reactors at the same time to reduce costs and speed up construction.

With the laying of the foundation stone for a 700 MW nuclear power plant at Kaiga in Karnataka in 2023, India is set to accelerate the construction of 10 “Fleet Mode” nuclear reactors in the next three years.


The Centre had approved in June 2017 the construction of 10 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) of 700 MW. Ten PHWRs will be built at a cost of ₹1.05 lakh crore.


This is the first time that the government has approved the construction of 10 nuclear reactors at the same time to reduce costs and speed up construction.


In fleet mode, a nuclear power plant is planned to be built within five years of the first pour of concrete (FPC).


“The FPC of Kaiga units 5 and 6 is expected in 2023; the FPC of Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyonjan units 3 and 4 and Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Projects units 1 to 4 is expected in 2024; and that of Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atomic Power Project Units 1 and 2 in 2025,” officials of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) told the Parliamentary panel on science and technology.


Bulk procurement was underway for the fleet mode projects with purchase orders placed for forgings for steam generators, SS 304L lattice tubes and plates for end shields, pressuriser forgings, bleed condensers forgings, Incoloy-800 tubes for 40 steam generators, reactor headers, DAE officials said.


They said, engineering, procurement and construction packages for turbine island were provided for Gorakhpur units 3 and 4 and Kaiga units 5 and 6.


India currently operates 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6,780 MW. A 700 MW reactor at Kakrapara in Gujarat was connected to the grid on January 10 last year, but has not yet started commercial operations.


PHWRs, which use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as a moderator, have become the mainstay of India’s nuclear power programme.


India’s first pair of 220 MW PHWRs were installed in 1960 at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan with the help of Canada. The second reactor was built with significant internal components after Canada withdrew its support following India’s peaceful nuclear test in 1974.

 

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even if AC has not been addressed, will have to deal with it later. right now focus is on bringing the capex down. either singapore fellows or us, one of the two will find a solution to this issue. singapore public transport also has high AC requirement and they have introduced 50 electric busses so far.
Fixed it for you.
Actually I commute using electric buses (Tata Ultra e-bus), so it was a personal observation.
 

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Ya'll Nibbiars The 63.1 Km Hayuliang-Hawai road with Total Project Cost of Rs. 621.06 Cr. in Arunachal Pradesh will provide connectivity in the strategically important remote areas of the States.

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