CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -"The government has accorded in-principle approval of the site at Jaitapur in Maharashtra for setting up six nuclear power reactors of 1, 650 MW each in technical cooperation with France which would make it the largest nuclear power generating site with a total capacity of 9, 900 MW, ” Singh said.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (or Kudankulam NPP or KKNPP) is the largest nuclear power station in India, situated in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) takes the current title of being the largest nuclear power plant in the world, boasting a net capacity of 7, 965MW. About 220km away from the city’s capital, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in the Niigata Prefecture has over seven boiling water reactors (BWR).

Detailed explanation-4: -Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project is a proposed nuclear power plant in India. If built, it would be the largest nuclear power generating station in the world by net generation capacity, at 9, 900 MW.