Nuclear Power Stations in States
	17:15 IST

RAJYA SABHA Nuclear power stations have been built are under construction in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. Approval has been accorded for setting up additional reactors in Gujarat and Rajasthan, in October 2009. In addition, “in-principle” approval has been accorded for sites for future nuclear power reactors in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Site at Bargi in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh has been accorded in principle approval for setting up of 2x700 Mwe nuclear power station. The work on the project is planned to be taken up after completion of land acquisition and pre-project activities, estimated to take about two years. This was stated by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, the Union Minister of Science &Technology and Earth Sciences in the Rajya Sabha today. GG/BS/VK