India currently benefits from a 6780MW installed nuclear power capacity being generated by twenty-two plants.
In order to increase its capacity by 7000MW, the government has decided to construct ten 700MW PHWRs.
This project would come in addition to others presently under construction and that foresee 6700MW nuclear power to come on-stream by 2021.
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An Indian government statement said: "With likely manufacturing orders of close to 70,000 crore to the domestic industry, the project will help transform Indian nuclear industry by linking our goal of a strong nuclear power sector with our indigenous industrial capacities in high-end technologies."
