Tracking Nuclear Proliferation: A Guide in Maps and Charts, 1998, by Rodney W. Jones, Mark G. McDonough, Toby Dalton, and Gregory Koblentz
NAME/LOCATION |
TYPE AND CAPACITY: GROSS DESIGN (NET) OUTPUT |
COMPLETION OR TARGET DATE |
IAEA SAFEGUARDS |
POWER REACTORS: OPERATING |
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Tarapur 1 |
Light-water, LEU and MOX 210 (150) MWe. |
1969 |
Yes |
Tarapur 2 |
Light-water, LEU 210 (160) MWe. |
1969 |
Yes |
Rajasthan, RAPS-1 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 220 (90) MWe. |
1972 |
Yes |
Rajasthan, RAPS-2 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 220 (187) MWe. |
1980 |
Yes |
Madras, MAPS-1 Kalpakkam |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (170) MWe. |
1983 |
No |
Madras, MAPS-2 Kalpakkam |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (170) MWe. |
1985 |
No |
Narora 1 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1989 |
No |
Narora 2 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1991 |
No |
Kakrapar 1 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (170) MWe. |
1992 |
No |
Kakrapar 2 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1995 |
No |
POWER REACTORS: UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
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Kaiga 1 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1998 |
No |
Kaiga 2 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1998 |
No |
Rajasthan, RAPP-3 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1999 |
No |
Rajasthan, RAPP-4 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
1999 |
No |
POWER REACTORS: PLANNED AND PROPOSED |
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Tarapur 3 |
Heavy-water, natural U 500 (450) MWe. |
2004 |
No |
Tarapur 4 |
Heavy-water, natural U 500 (450) MWe. |
- |
No |
Kaiga 3 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
- |
No |
Kaiga 4 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
- |
No |
Kaiga 5 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
- |
No |
Kaiga 6 |
Heavy-water, natural U 235 (202) MWe. |
- |
No |
Rajasthan, RAPP-5 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 500 (450) MWe. |
- |
No |
Rajasthan, RAPP-6 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 500 (450) MWe. |
- |
No |
Rajasthan, RAPP-7 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 500 (450) MWe. |
- |
No |
Rajasthan, RAPP-8 Kota |
Heavy-water, natural U 500 (450) MWe. |
- |
No |
Koodankulam 1 |
Russian VVER Light-water, LEU 1000 (953) MWe. |
- |
Yes |
Koodankulam 2 |
Russian VVER Light-water, LEU 1000 (953) MWe. |
- |
Yes |
RESEARCH REACTORS |
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Apsara BARC, Trombay |
Light-water, medium-enriched Uranium, pool type, 1 MWt. |
1956 |
No |
Cirus BARC, Trombay |
Heavy-water, natural U 40 MWt. |
1960 |
No |
Dhruva BARC, Trombay |
Heavy-water, natural U 100 MWt. |
1985 |
No |
Kamini IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
Uranium-233 30 KWt. |
1996 |
No |
Zerlina BARC, Trombay |
Heavy-water, variable fuel, 100 Wt, decommissioned. |
1961 |
No |
Purnima 1 BARC, Trombay |
Fast neutron, critical assembly, zero power, decommissioned. |
1972 |
No |
Purnima 2 BARC, Trombay |
Uranium-233 .005 KWt, dismantled. |
1984 |
No |
Purnima 3 BARC, Trombay |
Uranium-233. |
- |
No |
BREEDER REACTORS |
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Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
Plutonium and natural U 40 MWt. |
1985 |
No |
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
Mixed-oxide fuel, 500 MWe, planned. |
2008 |
No |
URANIUM ENRICHMENT |
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Trombay | Pilot-scale ultracentrifuge plant; operating. |
1985 |
No |
Trombay | Laser enrichment research site. |
early 1980s |
No |
Rattehalli (Mysore) | Pilot-scale ultracentrifuge plant; operating. |
1990 |
No |
Center for Advanced Technology, Indore | Laser enrichment research site. |
1993 |
No |
REPROCESSING (PLUTONIUM EXTRACTION) |
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Trombay | Medium-scale, 50 tHM/y operating. |
1964/1985 |
No |
Tarapur (Prefre) |
Large-scale, 100 (25) tHM/y operating. |
1977 |
Only when safeguarded fuel is present. |
Kalpakkam | Laboratory-scale, operating. |
1985 |
No |
Kalpakkam | Large-scale, two lines, 100 tHM/y each; under construction |
1998/2008 |
No |
URANIUM PROCESSING |
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Rakh, Surda, Mosaboni | Uranium recovery plant at copper concentrator; operating. | N/A (Not Applicable) | |
Jaduguda, Narwpahar, Bhatin | Uranium mining and milling; operating | N/A | |
Hyderabad | Uranium purification (UO2); operating. | No | |
Hyderabad | Fuel fabrication; operating. | Partial | |
Trombay | Uranium conversion (UF6); operating. Fuel fabrication. | No | |
Tarapur | Mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication; operating. | Only when safeguarded fuel is present. | |
HEAVY-WATER PRODUCTION |
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Trombay | Pilot-scale; operational? |
- |
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Nangal | 14 t/y; operating. |
1962 |
- |
Baroda | 67 t/y; intermittent operation. |
1980 |
- |
Tuticorin | 71 t/y; operating. |
1978 |
- |
Talcher phase 1 | 62 t/y; operating. |
1980 |
- |
Talcher phase 2 | 62 t/y; operating. |
1980 |
- |
Kota | 100 t/y; operating. |
1981 |
- |
Thal-Vaishet | 110 t/y; operating. |
1991 |
- |
Manuguru | 185 t/y; operating, under expansion. |
1991 |
- |
Hazira | 110 t/y; operating. |
1991 |
- |
Abbreviations
LEU = low-enriched uranium
nat. U = natural uranium
MWe = millions of watts of electrical output
MWt = millions of watts of thermal output
KWt = thousands of watts of thermal output
tHM/y = tons of heavy metal per year
Tracking Nuclear Proliferation: A Guide in Maps and Charts, 1998