The Indian government is in talks with French power company EDF and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to build half - a - dozen new European Medium Reactor nuclear power stations in Jaitapur , Maharashtra . Six 1,250 MWe AP1000 reactors built by US company Westinghouse are also planned for Kovvada , Andhra Pradesh . There are also plans for six AP1000 plants in the Virdi , Gujarat , six Russian - designed units for Haripur , West Bengal and four indigenously designed heavy water reactors at Bhimpur , Madya Pradesh . Kovvada, in Andhra Pradesh, has been earmarked for the construction of six 1250 MWe Westinghouse AP1000 reactors. Meanwhile , a 500 MWe prototype fast breeder is being developed by the Department of Atomic Energy at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu .
The Indian government is in talks with French power company EDF and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to build half - a - dozen new European Medium Reactor nuclear power stations in Jaitapur , Maharashtra . Six 1,250 MWe AP1000 reactors built by US company Westinghouse are also planned for Kovvada , Andhra Pradesh . There are also plans for six AP1000 plants in the Virdi , Gujarat , six Russian - designed units for Haripur , West Bengal and four indigenously designed heavy water reactors at Bhimpur , Madya Pradesh . Meanwhile , a 500 MWe prototype fast breeder is being developed by the Department of Atomic Energy at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu .