<p>The First Pour of Concrete (FPC) is an important milestone in the construction of a nuclear power project. It essentially signifies the start of construction of the project (zero date), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) said.<br /><br />The ground breaking for KAPP-3&4 started on January 16, 2010. The excavation work was successfully completed in a record time of four months.<br /><br />The 700-MW PHWR is the latest state-of-the-art technology nuclear power reactor which has been designed by NPCIL by scaling up its 540 MW PHWRs (TAPS-3&4) that are under successful operation at Tarapur since 2005.<br /><br />NPCIL has launched four indigenously designed 700-MW PHWRs, two each at Kakrapar in Gujarat and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan in January and August 2010, respectively. These reactors are slated for commercial operation in 2015 and 2016 respectively, NPCIL said.<br /><br />The excavation work of other pair of 700 MW PHWRs, RAPP-7&8, at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, is also in advanced stage and the first pour of concrete is expected by March, 2011.<br /><br />Currently, NPCIL operates 19 nuclear power reactors with an installed capacity of 4560 MW.</p>
<p>The First Pour of Concrete (FPC) is an important milestone in the construction of a nuclear power project. It essentially signifies the start of construction of the project (zero date), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) said.<br /><br />The ground breaking for KAPP-3&4 started on January 16, 2010. The excavation work was successfully completed in a record time of four months.<br /><br />The 700-MW PHWR is the latest state-of-the-art technology nuclear power reactor which has been designed by NPCIL by scaling up its 540 MW PHWRs (TAPS-3&4) that are under successful operation at Tarapur since 2005.<br /><br />NPCIL has launched four indigenously designed 700-MW PHWRs, two each at Kakrapar in Gujarat and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan in January and August 2010, respectively. These reactors are slated for commercial operation in 2015 and 2016 respectively, NPCIL said.<br /><br />The excavation work of other pair of 700 MW PHWRs, RAPP-7&8, at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan, is also in advanced stage and the first pour of concrete is expected by March, 2011.<br /><br />Currently, NPCIL operates 19 nuclear power reactors with an installed capacity of 4560 MW.</p>