Tarapur Atomic Power Station generated 22.42 % of India's atomic power in Q1

THANE: The Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in the district has recorded 22.42 per cent of the total 7,660 MUs atomic power generation in the country by all plants in the first quarter ended June, 2013.

This was mentioned in the official report by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI).

The report said that in the period between April and June this year, the power generated by TAPS was 1,717 million units (MUs) and for the month of June alone it was 844 MUs, the report stated.

The cumulative power generated by TAPS till June 2013 since its inception is 1,29,903 MUs, it said.

In the last four years, the plant-I had generated 4,289 MUs, plant-II 4,868 MUs, plant-III 15,067 MUs, and plant-IV 12,525 MUs of power adding up to 36,749 MUs of power the report further stated.

The year wise generation of power was 2009-10 7991 MUs, 1010-11 9121 MUs, 1022-12 9814 Mus, and 2012-13 9823 MUs of power.

The total installed capacity of all the power plants in the country as of now is 4,780 MW of power the report added.