NFC has produced 1 million fuel bundles for reactors:official

The Nuclear Fuel Complex here has achieved the historic milestone of producing one million PHWR fuel bundles, NFC's Chief Executive Dinesh Srivastava said Saturday.

"...One of the things which previously was also mentioned about achieving the landmark of one million (PHWR) bundles last year," he said at the NFC Day organised at the complex here.

NFC, an organisation under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), is engaged in the production of natural Uranium fuel bundles for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), enriched Uranium fuel assemblies for Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), among others.

NFC is embarking on expansion of production facilities at Hyderabad and also setting up a new production facility at Kota, Rajasthan to manufacture 500 MT of fuel assemblies to cater to the requirements of forthcomng 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water Rectors, NFC said in a release.

Speaking on the sidelines, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd Chairman and Managing Director C K Asnani said the organisation has started the work towards 13 new projects involving an approximate investment of Rs 10,500 crore.

"It is 13 new projects at an approximate investment of around Rs 10,500 crore. They have the in principle clearance of the Atomic Energy Commission.

We have started the DPR preparation and we will take all the statutory clearances before commencing the construction," he told reporters.