Kakrapar Atomic Power Station

        Objectives of Industrial are to enhance the knowledge of students , to make aware with real industry, to know the persons of industry and what is the working role of person in industry. One day industry visit to Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) was organized by Electronics&CommunicationEngineeringDepartment,GCETfortheir5thsemesterstudents as a part Industrialvisitactivity.Thevisitwasplannedformakingobservations indesiredframeworkofthestudy.Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS), the fifth nuclear powerstation of India is situated onthe Southern bank of Kakrapar weir, about4 kms away from Kakrapar dam. The Kakrapar weiris about 29 km downstream ofUkai Dam built on river Tapti. Thel atitude and longitude of thesite are 21 14' and73 22' E respectively. The site is in the South Gujarat region of Surat districtinGujarat State. It is about 86 km by road east of Surat. Dhulia road via Bardoli. Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS ) consists of two identical pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWR) of 220 Mwe, each reactor is natural uranium fuelled with on power refueling facility.
Department: Electronics & Communication