<p>India can develop world's cheapest nuclear reactor - of 700 Megawatt (MW) capacity - at a cost of $1,700 per kilowatt, parliament was informed Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"India can develop world's cheapest nuclear reactors with an amount of $1,700 per unit for a 700 MW reactor when compared to an average of $2,500 and $3,000," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayansamy told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question.<br /><br />One kilowatt is a thousandth part of a megawatt.<br />The minister said the quality of Indian nuclear power reactors is comparable to that in other countries of the world, including South Korea.<br /><br />"The completion cost of the indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) presently under construction is about $1,700 per kilowatt," Narayanswamy added.<br /></p>
<p>India can develop world's cheapest nuclear reactor - of 700 Megawatt (MW) capacity - at a cost of $1,700 per kilowatt, parliament was informed Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"India can develop world's cheapest nuclear reactors with an amount of $1,700 per unit for a 700 MW reactor when compared to an average of $2,500 and $3,000," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayansamy told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question.<br /><br />One kilowatt is a thousandth part of a megawatt.<br />The minister said the quality of Indian nuclear power reactors is comparable to that in other countries of the world, including South Korea.<br /><br />"The completion cost of the indigenous 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) presently under construction is about $1,700 per kilowatt," Narayanswamy added.<br /></p>