Narora Atomic Power Station
Narora Atomic Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Narora, Bulandshahar District in Uttar Pradesh, India.Reactors
The plant houses two reactors, each a pressurized heavy-water reactor capable of producing 220 MW of electricity. Commercial operation of NAPS-1 began on 1 January 1991, NAPS-2 on 1 July 1992.
With India not being a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons the reactors are not under IAEA safeguards.Incidents
31 May 1993 after months of operation two steam turbine blades in NAPS-1 malfunctioned causing a major fire. This in combination with problems in the reactor's cabling system nearly lead to a nuclear meltdown.
