About MBRAPP Project

• Location: Banswara, Rajasthan near the Mahi Dam on River Mahi. 
• Capacity: 4 x 700 MWe PHWR (4 nuclear power units of Indigenous PHWRs (Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors)). 
• It will be developed by Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam (ASHVINI), a joint venture between Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited (NPCIL) and National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC). 
• The project is part of India’s “fleet mode” initiative.
  • Under this Initiative, ten identical 700 MW reactors are being built across India under uniform design and procurement plans.

Nuclear Power Capacity in India

• India currently has 24 reactors across 7 power plants with installed nuclear energy capacity of 8180 MW (January 30, 2025).
  • The government plans to increase this to 22,480 MW by 2031-32.
• Nuclear power accounts for 3.61% of India’s total electricity generation in 2022-23, making it fifth-largest Non-fossil fuel source of electricity.
• India is currently in the 1st stage of its three-stage Nuclear Power Programme (NPP). 
  • The 1st Stage is based onuranium fuelled PHWRs. 
  • The 2^nd Stage and 3^rd stage are based on Fast Breeder Reactors (FBRs) utilising plutonium-based fuel and Thorium, respectively.