BHEL to produce reactor header assemblies for NPCIL

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has gained the contract for the availability of 32 reactor header assemblies to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). The order is beneath NPCIL’s fleet mode procurement for India’s highest-rated 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors to be arrange at 4 totally different places throughout the nation.

“This is the first equipment order placed by NPCIL under the fleet mode procurement programme and will give an impetus to domestic manufacturing,” stated BHEL in an announcement issued on Wednesday.

The authorities had accorded approval for fleet mode implementation of 10 nuclear reactors of 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors in 2017.

BHEL stated it has the excellence of being related to all three levels of Indian nuclear energy programme and has been the first provider for reactor headers, steam generators, steam turbines and motors to NPCIL.

The firm has devoted infrastructure and expert manpower to handle the particular design, manufacturing and testing necessities complying with worldwide codes and requirements for numerous parts of nuclear energy crops.