Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.A.P.S.) is located in Tarapur, Palghar, India. It was the first commercial nuclear power station built in India. [2] It is one of the largest nuclear power plant in the country. It has 4 reactors, 2 BWR-1 of 160 MWe each and 2 IPHWRs Of 540 MWe each.

Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1 (TAPS-1) is the first and the oldest Nuclear Power Station In India.

As of November 2024, India has 24 nuclear reactors in operation in 8 nuclear power plants, with a total installed capacity of 8,180 MW. [1][2] Nuclear power produced a total of 48 TWh in 2023, contributing around 3% of total power generation in India. [3] 11 more reactors are under construction with a combined generation capacity of 8,700 MW.

2023年6月28日 · The Mumbai-based Apsara Research Reactor is Asia’s first nuclear power plant. India has a little indigenous uranium deposit; hence the country must import uranium from other nations to fuel its nuclear power industry. Russia has been India’s main source of nuclear fuel since the 1990s. List of Nuclear Power Plants

2024年11月19日 · India’s oldest nuclear power plant is the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), located in Maharashtra. It started operations in 1969 and consists of two Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) with a combined capacity of 320 MW. TAPS was the first nuclear power plant in India and remains a significant part of the country’s nuclear energy infrastructure.

2021年10月21日 · Tarapur Atomic Power station is located in Tarapur, Maharashtra. It was the first commercial atomic power station of India commissioned on 28th October 1969. It was commissioned under 123 agreements signed between India, the United States, and International Atomic Energy Agency. The station is operated by the National power corporation of India.

The DAE, after developing the first operational research reactor in 1956, then proceeded to construct and complete India's first commercial reactor, Tarapur Atomic Power Station, in 1969. In 1968, there was a lack in nuclear development in India.