Centre to set up two nuclear power plants  Manika Gupta,
INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK Mar 6, 2007, 03.30pm IST  NEW DELH: The
UPA Government will to go ahead with its plan to set up two
major nuclear power plants, one each in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The two plants with four heavy water reactors of 700 Mw
capacities each will add 2800 Mw nuclear capacity.Initially, the
Government will invest Rs 1700 crore on the long delivery
equipment that includes steam generators and turbines for the
four reactors to be set up at Rawatbhata in Rajastan and
Kakrapar in Gujarat.Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Finance
Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram have given a go ahead for this
proposal of the Department of Atomic Energy.The two nuclear
power projects are being set up in consonance with the Vision
2020 of the nodal department. As per the vision document, the
installed nuclear power capacity is expected to be ramped up to
20000 Mw.The Government has claimed that Environment Ministry
has given clearances based on recommendatio