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Narora Atomic Power Station

Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS) is a nuclear power plant located in Narora, Dibai Tehsil, Bulandshahar District in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Reactors

The plant houses two reactors, each a pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) capable of producing 220 MW of electricity. Commercial operation of NAPS-1 began on 1 January 1991, NAPS-2 on 1 July 1992.

The reactors were not originally under IAEA safeguards. but subsequent to the signing of the 1-2-3 agreement, they have been placed under IAEA monitoring with effect from 2014.

Units

Incidents

On 31 May 1993, after months of operation, two steam turbine blades in NAPS-1 malfunctioned causing a major fire. This fire propagated to the reactor's emergency cabling system and with that nearly led to the damage of the reactor core.

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