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Mumbai: The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T) has achieved yet another milestone by despatching the third Steam Generator (SG), ahead of schedule, for the indigenously developed 10 x 700 Megawatt-electric (MWe) Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) fleet programme.Ìý

The despatch ceremony took place at ¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T’s A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex at Hazira, Gujarat, in the presence of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) Director Technical Mr Rajesh V and his team.

The SG is for the Karnataka-based Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAIGA) Units 5 & 6. ¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T had achieved a global benchmark by delivering the first SG in just 33 months.Ìý

Mr Anil V Parab, Whole-time Director & Senior Executive Vice President of ¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T Heavy Engineering & ¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T Valves, appreciated both ¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T and NPCIL teams for consistent fast-track deliveries, in line with the Department of Atomic Energy’s (DAE) target to install 22 GWe nuclear power by 2032 and Viksit Bharat vision of 100 GWe by 2047. ¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T is committed to deliver 6-8 nos 700 MWe Steam Generators every year and for the success of 220 MWe Bharat Small Reactor (BSR) programme to ensure net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.Ìý

The globally benchmarked, state-of-the-art, fully integrated and digitally-enabled A M Naik Heavy Engineering Manufacturing Complex at Hazira continues to produce critical equipment with worldclass quality and speed.Ìý

¹úÂ鶹ÊÓƵ;T, with its six-decade-long association with NPCIL and the DAE, is committed to contributing to India’s nuclear power capacity in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for anÌýAatmanirbhar Bharat.Ìý

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