BHAVINI
Native name | भारतीय नाभिकीय विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड |
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Company type | Public Sector Undertaking |
Industry | Energy |
Founded | Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India (22 October 2003)[1] |
Headquarters | DAE Nodal Centre, Dr. Ambedkar Road,
Pallavaram – Cantonment, Chennai – 600 043., Chennai, Tamil Nadu ,India[2] |
Key people | Chairman and managing director – Dr. K. V. Suresh Kumar |
Products | Nuclear powerandelectricity generationanddistribution |
₹111.0 million(US$1.3 million) (2016–2017)[3] | |
₹194.2 million(US$2.3 million) (2016–2017) | |
Total assets | ₹56.98 billion(US$680 million) (2016–2017) |
Total equity | ₹30.47 billion(US$370 million) (2016–2017) |
Website | bhavini |
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.
See also
[edit]- Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
- FBR-600
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Nuclear Power Corporation of India
- Nuclear power in India
References
[edit]- ^"Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited".Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2014.Retrieved19 March2014.
- ^"Contact Us".Archived fromthe originalon 22 March 2015.Retrieved15 April2012.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 14 May 2012.Retrieved17 April2012.
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:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 5 November 2017.Retrieved3 August2017.
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External links
[edit]- BHAVINI websiteArchived5 November 2012 at theWayback Machine