BHAVINI
Native name | भारतीय नाभिकीय विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड |
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| Company type | Public Sector Undertaking |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (22 October 2003)[1] |
| Headquarters | DAE Nodal Centre, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pallavaram – Cantonment,Chennai – 600 043., Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India[2] |
Key people | Chairman and managing director – Dr. K. V. Suresh Kumar |
| Products | Nuclear power and electricity generation and distribution |
 ₹111.0 million (US$1.4 million) (2016–2017)[3] | |
Net income | ₹194.2 million (US$2.4 million) (2016–2017) |
| Total assets | ₹56.98 billion (US$710 million) (2016–2017) |
| Total equity | ₹30.47 billion (US$380 million) (2016–2017) |
| Website | bhavini |
The Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) is a wholly owned Enterprise of Government of India under the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy incorporated on 22 October 2003 as a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956 with the objective of constructing and commissioning the first 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu and to pursue construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of subsequent Fast Breeder Reactors for generation of electricity in pursuance of the schemes and programmes of Government of India under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962. BHAVINI is currently constructing a 500MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, 70 km from Chennai.[4]
BHAVINI is administered by the Department of Atomic Energy. Once the first fast breeder reactor, called Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor goes into commercial power production, BHAVINI will be the second power utility in India after Nuclear Power Corporation of India, to use nuclear fuel sources to generate power.
See also
- Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
- FBR-600
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
- Nuclear Power Corporation of India
- Nuclear power in India
References
- ^ "Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited". Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Contact Us". Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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External links
- BHAVINI website Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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