India may export nuke-reactors to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

[ISRO Go!]

Kolkata, Oct 6 (PTI) The Nuclear Power Development Corporation of India is in talks with some countries of the Asia-Pacific region for the sale of its mainstay 220 MWe and 540 MWe reactors, its chairman S K Jain said today. "We are having detailed discussions (about sale of the reactors) with Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam," Jain told newsmen on the sidelines of a technical session at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre auditorium here.

NPCIL, which has two models of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PWHR) on sale, has signed an MOU with a company in Kazakhstan on the export of the reactors and it was in its "final phase", Jain said. India had moved a resolution in 2007 at the IAEA General Conference of Member States in Vienna to enable export of small reactors.

The country had been targeting exports of indigenous PHWRs to developing nations that wanted nuclear power, but were constrained by small grids. The 220 MWe reactors, according to sources, were particularly useful for countries with small grids and it involved relatively low investments.

Major developers of nuclear reactors in the European Union and North America have moved on to reactor size of 700 MWe or 1,000 MWe and above.


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[SpArK]

Great news!!!!!!!!!!!!


Asia can benefit for sure.. cheers

 

[justanobserver]

We really need to start making bigger reactors

 

[somebozo]

If and If they can compete with the Chinese who have longer record of operating reactors and better indigenious designs.

 

[ISRO Go!]

If and If they can compete with the Chinese who have longer record of operating reactors and better indigenious designs.

Sorry mate,India won't artificially devalue our rupee....unlike ur ally

 

[justanobserver]

If and If they can compete with the Chinese who have longer record of operating reactors and better indigenious designs.

Tarapur Nuclear power plant (built in 1962) was the first of it's kind in Asia

Better indigenous designs? Chinese power plants use GE reactors or European ones

btw these reactors are for a niche market

The 220 MWe reactors, according to sources, were particularly useful for countries with small grids and it involved relatively low investments.

 

[skyisthelimit]

well every company and its products take time to establish themselves, chinese companies have established themselves and now india is a newbie, obviously indian companies also care of their standards need to be maintained with competitors such as china...

it is beter for us to wait and see how successful india is in having its share of nuclear market.

 

[prototype]

If and If they can compete with the Chinese who have longer record of operating reactors and better indigenious designs.

no need to throw that if....for ur knowledge Europe and U.S were in this field when China was taking baby steps,so we have some big and serious contenders here,and if China survived between then then India is also going to survive