L&T Flags Off First 700 MWe Steam Generator For PWHR Fleet Programme

The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has flagged off the first Steam Generator (SG), for indigenously developed 10 X 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) Fleet Programme, 12 months ahead of contractual delivery.

With this, L&T has surpassed its own previous benchmark in SG manufacturing.

The flag-off ceremony took place at the company’s AM Naik Heavy Engineering Complex at Hazira in Gujarat.

 “We, at Heavy Engineering, are proud to be the industry trendsetter. L&T is committed to contribute to India’s target of net zero emission by 2070 and is fully aligned with NPCIL’s mission to fast-track India’s nuclear power capacity to 22,480 MWe by 2032, more than 3 times in less than a decade,” said Anil V Parab, Whole-time Director & Sr Executive Vice President – L&T Heavy Engineering & L&T Valves.

The PHWRs, which use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as moderator, have emerged as the mainstay of India’s nuclear power programme.

Under the fleet mode, a nuclear power plant is expected to be built over a period of five years from the first pour of concrete.

The ten reactors will come up at four location — two each at Gorakhpur in Haryana, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh, and Kaiga in Karnataka while the Mahi Banswara nuclear plant in Rajasthan will get four reactors.