he Tarapur Atomic Power Station [TAPS] provides electric power, reprocesses spent fuel from Tarapur reactors and immobilizes the associated wastes. The Tarapur Station, a turnkey project set up in India by the General Electric Co. of USA, became operational in 1969. TAPS transformed the small sleepy town of Tarapur into a satellite industrial center of India's financial capital, Mumbai (formerly Bombay). TAPS has two units of 160 MWe each (present capacity) and provided Indian scientists and engineers experience in operating a nuclear power plant in local grid conditions. The US-built Tarapur facility, which played no role in India's 1974 underground explosion, was initially under international safeguards. Following the passage of the 1978 Nuclear Nonproliferation Act (NNPA) the United States terminated nuclear cooperation with India in 1980. The NNPA required countries receiving US nuclear technology or materials to accept full scope safeguards, placing all of their facilities under international inspection. This action included termination of sales of fuel and spare parts for Tarapur. In order to gain India's commitment to maintain safeguards on the Tarapur reactors and spent fuel, the Reagan Administration concluded a tripartite agreement with India and France in 1983 under which France agreed to supply needed fuel and spare parts. globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/india/tarapur.htm
RE:Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS)
by karthik on Jul 12, 2008 12:43 AM Permalink
Thanks for the infor Suraj. I find atleast one person who comments keeping some facts in mind.
