L&T Delivers Third Steam Generator for India’s PHWR Nuclear Fleet

Surat: The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has achieved yet another milestone by despatching the third Steam Generator (SG), ahead of schedule, for the indigenously developed 10 x 700 Megawatt-electric (MWe) Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) fleet programme.

The despatch ceremony took place at L&T’s A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex at Hazira, Gujarat, in the presence of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) Director Technical Mr Rajesh V and his team.

The SG is for the Karnataka-based Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAIGA) Units 5 & 6. L&T had achieved a global benchmark by delivering the first SG in just 33 months.

Anil V Parab, Whole-time Director & Senior Executive Vice President of L&T Heavy Engineering & L&T Valves, appreciated both L&T and NPCIL teams for consistent fast-track deliveries, in line with the Department of Atomic Energy’s (DAE) target to install 22 GWe nuclear power by 2032 and Viksit Bharat vision of 100 GWe by 2047. L&T is committed to deliver 6-8 nos 700 MWe Steam Generators every year and for the success of 220 MWe Bharat Small Reactor (BSR) programme to ensure net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.

The globally benchmarked, state-of-the-art, fully integrated and digitally-enabled A M Naik Heavy Engineering Manufacturing Complex at Hazira continues to produce critical equipment with worldclass quality and speed.

L&T, with its six-decade-long association with NPCIL and the DAE, is committed to contributing to India’s nuclear power capacity in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.