"There has been no impact due to this earthquake on any of the nuclear power plants of India," S Krishnamurthy, Executive Director (Operations) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited said in a statement.
He said all operating nuclear power plants continue to operate safely.
An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude rocked Sikkim last evening and tremors were felt as far as Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan.
The NPCIL operates two nuclear power units of 220 MW each at Narora in Uttar Pradesh.
The Rawatbhata nuclear site in Rajasthan has five operational units with a combined installed capacity of 1080 MW.
(Published 19 September 2011, 13:22 IST)
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