Wednesday, July 27 2005 16:30 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Construction of eight more nuclear power reactors is in progress while one reactor in Tarapur has been synchronized with the grid last month, Lok Sabha was informed today (July 27, 2005).

Replying in the affirmative a question whether government proposed to set up some more nuclear power stations in the country, Minister of State in the Prospective Management Overseas(PMO) Prithviraj Chavan said.

the total capacity addition in the Tenth and Eleventh Plans through the completion of eight reactors would be 1300 and 3160 mega watts respectively.

The percentage of electricity generated from nuclear power was about 2.9 per cent of the total generation, compared with 20 per cent in the US, 32 in Germany, 29 in Japan and 19 in the UK, he said.

The generation target for the Tenth Plan was 82,495 million units, he added.