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This article is about the Plutonium and Thorium poweredfast breeder nuclear reactoroperator. For the Uranium poweredPHWRandPWRoperator, seeNuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.

Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd.
Native name
भारतीय नाभिकीय विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड
Company typePublic Sector Undertaking
IndustryEnergy
FoundedChennai,Tamil Nadu,India (22 October 2003)[1]
HeadquartersDAE Nodal Centre, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pallavaram – Cantonment, Chennai – 600 043.,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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India[2]
Key people
Chairman and managing director – Dr. K. V. Suresh Kumar
ProductsNuclear powerandelectricity generationanddistribution
Increase₹111.0 million(US$1.3 million) (2016–2017)[3]
Increase₹194.2 million(US$2.3 million) (2016–2017)
Total assetsIncrease₹56.98 billion(US$680 million) (2016–2017)
Total equityIncrease₹30.47 billion(US$370 million) (2016–2017)
Websitebhavini.nic.in

TheBharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited(BHAVINI) is a wholly owned Enterprise of Government of India under the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy incorporated on 22 October 2003 as a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956 with the objective of constructing and commissioning the first 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu and to pursue construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of subsequent Fast Breeder Reactors for generation of electricity in pursuance of the schemes and programmes of Government of India under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962. BHAVINI is currently constructing a 500MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, 70 km from Chennai.[4]

BHAVINI is administered by theDepartment of Atomic Energy.Once thefirst fast breeder reactor,called Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor goes into commercial power production, BHAVINI will be the secondpower utilityin India afterNuclear Power Corporation of India,to use nuclear fuel sources to generate power.

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  1. ^"Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited".Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2014.Retrieved19 March2014.
  2. ^"Contact Us".Archived fromthe originalon 22 March 2015.Retrieved15 April2012.
  3. ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 14 May 2012.Retrieved17 April2012.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2017.Retrieved3 August2017.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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