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Kaiga Generating Station houses four pressurized heavy water reactors located in Karnataka. It is operated by NPCIL and provides electricity to the southern grid. All four of its reactors have been operating safely and reliably at their rated capacity of 220MWe each. Kaiga Generating Station has received several honors and awards for its good performance from organizations like the Central Electricity Authority and the National Safety Council. NPCIL contributes to the local community through corporate social responsibility initiatives in education, health, and infrastructure development. The site has adopted environment protection programs and been certified for its environmental management and safety standards.

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About Us Kaiga Generating Station

Kaiga Generating Station houses four pressurized heavy water reactors located in Karnataka. It is operated by NPCIL and provides electricity to the southern grid. All four of its reactors have been operating safely and reliably at their rated capacity of 220MWe each. Kaiga Generating Station has received several honors and awards for its good performance from organizations like the Central Electricity Authority and the National Safety Council. NPCIL contributes to the local community through corporate social responsibility initiatives in education, health, and infrastructure development. The site has adopted environment protection programs and been certified for its environmental management and safety standards.

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ABOUT US

KAIGA GENERATING STATION


NPCIL’s sixth Nuclear Site, Kaiga houses four Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor Units each of 220
MWe. All the four units are operating at rated capacity satisfactorily. The Kaiga –DAE centre is
located in the Kaiga village of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state about 56 km east of beach
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town Karwar at a latitude of 14.86 N and longitude of 74.44 E. The nearest railway station is
Karwar on the Konkan Railway. National highway -17 connecting Cochin (Kerala state) and Mumbai
(Maharastra state) passes through Karwar. There are two roads that lead to Kaiga site from Karwar.

The nearest airport is Dabolim airport at Goa about 150 kilometers from the Kaiga DAE centre. A
naval base (Project- SEABIRD) is set up at Karwar about 60 Km from Kaiga DAE centre. The site is
situated 12 Kms. upstream of the Kadra Dam of Kalinadi Hydroelectric Project Complex. The Supa
Dam, Pickup Dam near Bommanhall, Nagjhari (Only power house) & Kodasalli Dam on the
upstream of Kaiga site and Kadra dam on the downstream. Kaiga site is bounded by the Kali River
on the northern side.

The milestones are as follows:

MILE STONE KGS-1 KGS-2 KGS-3 KGS-4

FIRST CRITICALITY 26.09.2000 24.09.1999 26.02.2007 27.11.2010

FIRST SYNCRONISATION 12.10.2000 02.12.1999 11.04.2007 19.01.2011

COMMERCIAL OPERATION 13.11.2000 16.03.2000 06.05.2007 20.01.2011

LONGEST CONTINUOUS RUN (DAYS) 962 698 542 550

All the four units are operating safely and reliably supplying electricity to the southern grid. NPCIL
units have operated continuously for over 300 days on 62 occasions. Of these, the units at Kaiga
site have operated continuously for over 300 days 21 times.

Kaiga Generating Station has been bestowed with honours and accreditations by various agencies
in recognition of its good performance. These include Gold shield for outstanding performance,
certificates for good performance from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Shresta Suraksha
Puraskar, Unnata Suraksha Puraskar, Prashansha Patra from the National Safety Council, Gold and
Silver award from Green tech foundation, AERB Safety awards, NPCIL industrial safety awards and
Special reward for excellent performance among NPCIL stations and Awards from DGFASLI.

NPCIL while expanding the nuclear energy is also contributing towards development of local
community in a significant manner in the vicinity of Kaiga under Corporate Social Responsibility
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(CSR) in the areas of Education, Health and Infrastructure. NPCIL is committed to contribute for
improvement of the quality of life of local community and society at large.

Kaiga site and Township are ISO 14001, IS 45001 and (ISO/IS 9001:2008) certified demonstrating
our commitment towards protection and conservation of nature. NPCIL has voluntarily taken up
Environment Stewardship Programme (ESP), besides fulfilling regulatory and statutory
requirements. The programme focuses on the scientific study of bio-diversity, particularly avifauna,
within and around exclusion zones of Indian nuclear power plants for the conservation of habitat.
This includes training of local volunteers, conducting public awareness campaigns to sensitize
members of public on environment and improving the natural habitat, particularly of avifauna. NPCIL
as a responsible corporate citizen believes that these efforts will help in promoting habitat
conservation and awareness of the importance of a healthy environment to make the world a better
place to live in. NPCIL while producing electricity in an environmentally benign manner would
continue its endeavour towards protection and conservation of nature.

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