{"id":274250,"date":"2023-12-18T17:56:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=274250"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T12:26:53","slug":"kakrapar-4-nuclear-reactor-attains-criticality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kakrapar-4-nuclear-reactor-attains-criticality\/","title":{"rendered":"Kakrapar-4 nuclear reactor attains criticality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cKakrapar-4 nuclear reactor attains criticality<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 18th December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

The Fourth unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-4) in Gujarat has achieved criticality.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Criticality?<\/h2>\n

Criticality refers to the state where the chain reaction of nuclear fission in a nuclear reactor is self-sustaining. This means that each fission event produces enough neutrons to cause further fissions, maintaining a constant rate of fission and energy release. Its the first step in nuclear energy generation.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS)?<\/h2>\n

1) <\/span>Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) is a nuclear power plant located in Surat, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) It is operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3) The plant uses Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) which use natural uranium <\/span>as fuel and heavy water as coolant and moderator.<\/span><\/p>\n

4) The plant has four reactors: two 220 MW units and two 700 MW units with a total capacity of 1,840 MW.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note- <\/b>The 700 MWe units are the largest indigenous nuclear power reactors to be built by <\/span>NPCIL.<\/span><\/p>\n

5)<\/span> Safety Features:<\/b> The <\/span>Unit-3 and Unite 4 of KAPS have steel-lined inner containment systems that prevent any radioactive material from escaping in case of an accident.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 They also have passive decay heat removal systems which safely cool down the reactor even when it is shut down.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the state of Nuclear Energy in India?<\/h2>\n

1) <\/span>In 2022-23, nuclear energy formed around 2.8 percent of India\u2019s total energy production.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) NPCIL presently operates 23 reactors with a total capacity of 7,480 MW.<\/span><\/p>\n

3) With more projects under construction and accorded sanction, the existing nuclear power capacity is going to be increased to 22480 MW by the year 2031.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cKakrapar-4 nuclear reactor attains criticality\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 18th December 2023 Why in the News? The Fourth unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-4) in Gujarat has achieved criticality. What is Criticality? Criticality refers to the state where the chain reaction of nuclear fission… Continue reading Kakrapar-4 nuclear reactor attains criticality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-274250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":115,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703663764},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}