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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is called as Architect of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS)
A
Edwin Lutyens
B
Laurie Baker
C
Myneni Hari Prasad Rao
D
Christopher Charles Benninger
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Myneni Hari Prasad Rao was considered as the architect of the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) and its first project director.

Detailed explanation-2: -Located in Tamil Nadu, Kalpakkam is considered the house of India’s modern and indigenous nuclear station – the Madras Nuclear Power Plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -Balarama Murthy, Station Director.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kalpakkam is located on the east coast about 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu State. The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) having two units of 220 MW was established in 1983-85 by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).

Detailed explanation-5: -Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors (FBRs).

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