Entertainment » OtherPosted at: Jul 11 2016 11:13AM NPCIL to step up nuclear power generation to 13,000 MWe by 2023Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu Jul 11 (UNI) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has planned to enhance Nuclear power production to 13,000 MWe by the 2023. Disclosing this to newsmen after the second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) achieved first criticality, here last night, NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director S.K.Sharma said presently 5,780 MWe power was being produced from 21 Nuclear power plants across the country. The KKNPP’s second reactor, on attaining criticality, had become NPCIL’s 22nd reactor, which would add another 1,000 MWe on reaching its maximum generation capacity. Answering a query, he said four more reactors which were under construction in the country would be completed within next 75 months. They are Rajasthan Atomic Power Project reactors 7 and 8, Kakrapar Atomic Power Project reactors 3 and 4 and the KKNPP reactors 3 and 4.Please log in to get detailed story.Tags: #NPCIL to step up nuclear power generation to 13#000 MWe by 2023