Railways explores to set up JV nuke plant

The present peak power requirement of Indian Railways is around 4000 mega watt (mw). Preliminary discussions have been held with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for exploring the possibility of setting up of a nuclear power plant of 1,400 mw capacity in Joint Venture with them.

The Union Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy said this in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha recently. The thermal power plant of 1000 mw capacity is being set up in Joint Venture (JV) with NTPC is presently under construction and its first unit of 250 mw is likely to be commissioned by 2014 and subsequent units thereafter.