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India Pours First Concrete For Kaiga Nuclear Plant Units 5 And 6

By Kamen Kraev
2 March 2026

Country follows ambitious programme for deployment of domestic reactor technology

India Pours First Concrete For Kaiga Nuclear Plant Units 5 And 6
Pouring of first concrete is considered a milestone marking the start of nuclear island construction at nuclear power plants. Image courtesy NPCIL.
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) has begun construction of Units 5 and 6 of the Kaiga nuclear power project in the Karnataka state, west India, with the pouring of first concrete for the nuclear island foundation slabs.

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