The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has despatched the fourth Steam Generator (SG) to the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka, thus completing the delivery of a set of four SGs for one unit for the indigenously developed 10x700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor Fleet Programme.
The fourth SG has been despatched nine months ahead of the contractual schedule, while the full set of four SGs has been delivered in 45 months. Setting a global benchmark, the first of the lot was delivered in just 33 months. These SGs are for Units 5 & 6 of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station.
The despatch ceremony for the fourth SG was held at L&T’s A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex in Hazira, Gujarat, in the presence of senior officials from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).
Commenting on the occasion, Anil V Parab (Whole-time Director & Senior Executive Vice President – Heavy Engineering and L&T Valves) said: “L&T Heavy Engineering nuclear team continues to be the industry trend-setter. Our large talent pool, trained in robust nuclear quality culture, ensures consistent first-time-right execution and globally benchmarked deliveries. This accomplishment is in alignment with the Honourable PM’s Viksit Bharat 2047 vision of achieving at least 100 GWe nuclear power generation.”
The globally benchmarked, state-of-the-art, fully-integrated and digitally-enabled A M Naik Heavy Engineering Manufacturing Complex at Hazira continues to produce strategic equipment with in-built world-class quality, to global scales as well as speed.
With its six-decade-long association as a trusted and dedicated partner to NPCIL and the Department of Atomic Energy, L&T is committed to contribute to India’s fast-track nuclear power programme in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
