L&T; Heavy Engineering Dispatches First Steam Generator for GHAVP 3&4 in Haryana

Marking yet another milestone in India’s civil nuclear energy programme, L&T Heavy Engineering has despatched a Steam Generator to the Gorakhpur HaryanaAnu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP), located in Fatehabad district, Haryana.

The Steam Generator was ceremonially flagged off from L&T’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility atHazira inGujarat, inthe presence of NPCILChairman & Managing Director Mr Bhuwan Chandra Pathak, Director (Technical) Mr Rajesh Veeraraghavan along with other senior officials of NPCIL and L&T.

ThisisfirstofthefourSteamGeneratorsthatL&TismanufacturingforGHAVPandismeant for its Unit 3 & 4.Notably, the Steam Generator has been despatchedseven months ahead of schedule, reinforcing L&T’s reputation for excellence and reliability in nuclearmanufacturing.

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.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony,NPCIL CMD Mr Pathak said: “With a remarkable technologytransformation,L&THeavyEngineeringhasenhancedbothspeedandqualityof itsexecution.Thisisastrongindicationofindustrypreparednessinmanufacturingofcritical equipmentfornuclearpowerplantsandwillgoalongwaytoachievethetargetof100GWe by 2047”.

Mr Anil V Parab, Whole-time Director and Senior EVP (Heavy Engineering and Construction Equipment & Industrial Product Design Development, L&T) said: “Heavy Engineeringcontinues 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”.

L&TsetaglobalbenchmarkbydeliveringaSteamGeneratorinjust33months.L&Thastill date delivered 5 steam generators for the 10 X 700 MWe fleet programme.