L&T Heavy Engineering has despatched a steam generator to the Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP), located in Fatehabad district, Haryana.
In a release, Larsen & Toubro Ltd said that steam generator was ceremonially flagged off from L&T’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Hazira in Gujarat, in the presence of NPCIL Chairman & Managing Director Bhuwan Chandra Pathak, Director (Technical) Rajesh Veeraraghavan along with other senior officials of Nuclear Power Corporatoin fo India Ltd (NPCIL) and L&T.
This is first of the four steam generators that L&T is manufacturing for GHAVP and is meant for its Unit 3 & 4. The steam generator has been despatched in 33 months, seven months ahead of schedule, reinforcing L&T’s reputation for excellence and reliability in nuclear manufacturing, the release said.
GHAVP 3&4 are a part of the ten indigenous 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) being set up in the country in fleet mode by NPCIL. L&T has till date delivered five steam generators for the 10×700 MWe fleet programme.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony, NPCIL CMD Bhuwan Chandra Pathak, said: “With a remarkable technology transformation, L&T Heavy Engineering has enhanced both speed and quality of its execution. This is a strong indication of industry preparedness in manufacturing of critical equipment for nuclear power plants and will go a long way to achieve the target of 100 GWe by 2047”.
According to Anil V Parab, Whole-time Director and Senior EVP (Heavy Engineering and Construction Equipment & Industrial Product Design Development), L&T, “Heavy Engineering continues to be the industry trendsetter in the manufacture of critical nuclear components. With end-to-end capability as one-stop-shop solution provider, L&T will be a major contributor to India’s 100 GWe nuclear programme of Viksit Bharat – 2047”.
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