Tarapur nuclear power plant

Tarapur nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Tarapur nuclear power plant is the 4th largest of 7 operating nuclear sites in India, holding 15% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 131st of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1969 and 2006; the median unit is 21.0 years old, younger than the median of 23.5 in India.

The 3 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.5 to 6.1 years (median 5.2) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2000s is 6.8 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Kakrapar nuclear power plant (172 km).

3 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 -25.0%, Unit 3 -2.4% and Unit 4 -2.4%.

Build time by unit

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.