Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) claimed to have achieved a major milestone with the dispatch of its 40th Nuclear Steam Generator to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).
The Steam Generator, to be installed at NPCIL’s Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP), was flagged off on Saturday from BHEL’s Trichy plant.
BHEL has been catering to the nation's nuclear programme since 1976 by way of design, manufacture, testing and supply of critical nuclear components like Reactor Headers, Steam Generators, other Heat Exchangers and Pressure Vessels, the BHEL officers said.
Notably, BHEL is the only Indian company associated with all the three stages of the Indian Nuclear Power Programme-the first stage Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR), the second stage Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) and the third stage Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), the officers said and added that BHEL has dedicated infrastructure and skilled manpower to address the special design, manufacturing and testing requirements complying with international codes and standards for various components/equipment of a nuclear power plant.