Skip to content

Largest nuclear power plants in India

62 nuclear records for India carry a capacity figure: 47.1 GW in total, 8.4 GW of it operating across 22 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the India market page.

Largest operating nuclear power plants in India

#ProjectDeveloperCapacityStage
1Kudankulam nuclear power plant 1checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,000 MWOperational
2Kudankulam nuclear power plant 2checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,000 MWOperational
3Kakrapar nuclear power plant 3checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWOperational
4Kakrapar nuclear power plant 4checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWOperational
5Rajasthan nuclear power plant 7checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWOperational
6Tarapur nuclear power plant 3checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd540 MWOperational
7Tarapur nuclear power plant 4checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd540 MWOperational
8Kaiga nuclear power plant 1checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
9Kaiga nuclear power plant 2checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
10Kaiga nuclear power plant 3checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
11Kaiga nuclear power plant 4checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
12Kakrapar nuclear power plant 1checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
13Kakrapar nuclear power plant 2checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
14Madras nuclear power plant 2checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
15Narora nuclear power plant 1checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
16Narora nuclear power plant 2checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
17Rajasthan nuclear power plant 3checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
18Rajasthan nuclear power plant 4checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
19Rajasthan nuclear power plant 5checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
20Rajasthan nuclear power plant 6checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd220 MWOperational
21Rajasthan nuclear power plant 2checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd200 MWOperational
22Tarapur nuclear power plant 1checkedNuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd160 MWOperational

Watch India nuclear. One email when a project on this ranking moves stage, is corrected, or a larger one is added.

Under construction or announced

#ProjectDeveloperCapacityStage
1Jaitapur nuclear power plant 1Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,730 MWConcept
2Jaitapur nuclear power plant 2Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,730 MWConcept
3Jaitapur nuclear power plant 3Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,730 MWConcept
4Jaitapur nuclear power plant 4Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,730 MWConcept
5Jaitapur nuclear power plant 5Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,730 MWConcept
6Jaitapur nuclear power plant 6Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,730 MWConcept
7Maharashtra thorium-based nuclear power plant 11,540 MWConcept
8Kovvada nuclear power plant 1Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,250 MWConcept
9Kovvada nuclear power plant 2Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,250 MWConcept
10Kovvada nuclear power plant 3Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,250 MWConcept
11Kovvada nuclear power plant 4Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,250 MWConcept
12Kovvada nuclear power plant 5Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,250 MWConcept
13Kovvada nuclear power plant 6Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,250 MWConcept
14Kudankulam nuclear power plant 71,200 MWConcept
15Kudankulam nuclear power plant 81,200 MWConcept
16Kudankulam nuclear power plant 3Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,000 MWConstruction
17Kudankulam nuclear power plant 4Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,000 MWConstruction
18Kudankulam nuclear power plant 5Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,000 MWConstruction
19Kudankulam nuclear power plant 6Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd1,000 MWConstruction
20Bihar nuclear power plant 1NTPC Ltd700 MWConcept
21Bihar nuclear power plant 2NTPC Ltd700 MWConcept
22Chutka nuclear power plant 1Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWDevelopment
23Chutka nuclear power plant 2Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWDevelopment
24Gorakhpur Haryana nuclear power plant 1-1Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWDevelopment
25Gorakhpur Haryana nuclear power plant 1-2Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWDevelopment
26Gorakhpur Haryana nuclear power plant 2-3Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWDevelopment
27Gorakhpur Haryana nuclear power plant 2-4Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWDevelopment
28Kaiga nuclear power plant 5Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWConstruction
29Kaiga nuclear power plant 6Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd700 MWConstruction
30Mahi Banswara nuclear power plant 1-1Nuclear Power Corporation of India LTD (NPCIL)700 MWDevelopment

The India nuclear records as a file

Rows from redistributable sources only, CC BY 4.0, issued to a work email.

Questions about nuclear in India

What is the largest nuclear power plant in India?+

The largest operating nuclear power plant on record in India is Kudankulam nuclear power plant 1 at 1,000 MW, developed by Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Ltd. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.

What is the largest nuclear power plant planned in India?+

Jaitapur nuclear power plant 1 at 1,730 MW, at concept stage. Of the 47.1 GW of nuclear on record for India, 8.4 GW is operating; the rest is announced or being built.

How many nuclear power plants does India have?+

Solandor holds 62 nuclear records for India with a stated capacity, 22 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.