Praveer Sinha said the company was in the process of preparing detailed project reports, in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, for two 220 MWe reactors, which could be ready in six months from now.
In answer to questions during the company’s quarterly results call, Sinha said the company was working with the governments of three states where it has identified land for a potential nuclear project. Detailed geotechnical studies are under way, he added.
“We are now doing detailed DPR (detailed project reports) of projects to be set up, and this will be done in collaboration with NPCIL,” he said. “These are small modular, two 220 MW plants.”
Tata Power is one of India’s largest vertically integrated power companies, with a diversified portfolio across the entire power value chain. Its operational and pipeline capacity includes some 17.5 GW from “clean and green” sources including solar, wind, and hydropower (this figure includes projects under construction) and around 8.9 GW of thermal generation capacity, and is also one of India’s largest private power distribution companies.
Tata is one of six companies that expressed interest under a request for proposals issued by NPCIL in 2024 to finance and build a proposed fleet of Bharat Small Reactors. The six companies – Hindalco Industries Ltd, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, Tata Power Co, Reliance Industries, JSW Energy Ltd and Adani Power Ltd – identified 16 prospective sites across six states, including five in Gujarat, four in Madhya Pradesh, three in Odisha, two in Andhra Pradesh, and one each in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. According to press reports, Tata power is in discussion with Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Odisha.
Bharat Small Reactors – or BSRs – are described as compact 220 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors that are tailored for “captive use”.
