New Delhi, Jul 30 : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with another PSU Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to form a joint venture company to carry out Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) activities on the secondary side of the nuclear power plants, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said during Question Hour that these activities include production of turbines of 700 Mega Watts energy (MWe) and above rating within India and abroad.
He said BHEL is in discussions with probable/likely international technology providers for 700 MWe and above nuclear turbines.
BHEL has already manufactured and supplied some Nuclear reactor components like steam generators, Reactor Headers and Nuclear Turbine Generator sets to NPCL for their 220 MWe reactors.
He said earlier in March this year BHEL was awarded a contract for manufacture of steam generator for 700 MWe reactor.
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