Press Release

Designation of sites for setting up Light Water Reactor

16/10/2009

In furtherance of the implementation of bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement with France, the Russian Federation and the United States of America, the Government of India has designated the following sites for setting up Light Water Reactor (LWR) based nuclear power plants in cooperation with the countries concerned:

Jaitapur (Maharashtra)                                          France

Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu),
Haripur (West Bengal)                                    Russian Federation

Chhayamithi Virdi (Gujarat),
Kovvada (Andhra Pradesh)                           United States of America

New Delhi
October 16, 2009