BHEL bags Rs 736 Crore order for steam generators from NPCIL
Published: Mar 13, 2018
By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service
NEW DELHI, March 13, 2018: BHEL has secured an order worth Rs.736 Crore for supply of Steam Generators from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). The order has been received against competitive bidding. The Steam Generators will be used for a 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) to be installed at Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna (GHAVP) in Fatehabad district of Haryana.
The Steam Generators will be manufactured at the Tiruchirappalli plant of BHEL. BHEL has been a pioneer in the design and development of Nuclear Steam Generators alongwith NPCIL and has so far supplied 38 Steam Generators for various Nuclear power installations in the country. Currently, BHEL manufactured Steam Turbine Generator sets contribute nearly half of the country's total installed Nuclear power capacity. BHEL has proven its capability as a designer and manufacturer of both primary (reactor headers, end shields, etc.) and secondary (turbine, generator, heat exchangers etc.) side equipment for Nuclear power projects