INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA

MINERALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the southern most nuclear power plant in India?
A
Ramagundam
B
Kalpakkam
C
Tarapur
D
Singrauli
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is situated in Tamil Nadu, India’s southernmost state.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) is located 650km south of Chennai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s first fully indigenously constructed nuclear power station is Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), which is located in Kalpakkam(Tamil Nadu).

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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