Electricité de France (EDF) today took a major step forward by assisting India in building the world’s largest nuclear power plant. The construction of the plant has been blocked for several years by a number of nuclear accidents and local public opposition.
EDF said it has made a binding offer to the state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), which runs India’s nuclear energy business, to provide engineering studies and equipment to help India build six third-generation EPR reactors at Jaitapur in the west. .
AFP reports that once the plant is completed, it will provide 10GW (gigawatt, 1 billion watts) of electricity, enough for about 70 million households.
The construction of the plant is expected to take 15 years, but it should be able to start generating electricity before it is completed. EDF said in a statement that it expects to complete the contract “in the coming months.
EDF negotiated the contract exclusively with Indian officials, but is not responsible for building the nuclear power plant, but will only supply the nuclear reactor. The contract also includes U.S. partner GE Steam Power.
Details of the contract have not been released to the public, but it is estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars.
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