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Detailed explanation-1: -The power project is proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and would be built at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra. Planned. Construction to start in late 2018 to 2023.

Detailed explanation-2: -French President Emmanuel Macron’s planned trip to India in the first quarter of this year is expected to witness major progress on the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) that is being built by French nuclear major EDF in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).

Detailed explanation-3: -Last year, the French company EDF made a legally binding offer to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to construct six European Pressurized Reactors (EPRs) at Jaitapur.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is Maharashtra. Jaitapur nuclear power plant is a six-reactor nuclear power plant planned to be built 400km south of Mumbai, in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The nuclear power plant will be built as a part of the civil nuclear co-operation agreement between France and India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Tarapur Nuclear Reactor in Maharashtra, Western India is the oldest nuclear facility in India, having commenced commercial operations in 1969.