Tarapur
- Country: India
- Role: Civil Power
- Status: Operating
- Year: 1969
Overview
The first commercial nuclear power station in India, north of Mumbai, where two US built General Electric boiling water reactors began operating in 1969. They are among the oldest operating reactors in the world. Two larger indigenous pressurized heavy water reactors were added in 2005 and 2006.
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