Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Infrastructure Operating Co. has secured one of the single largest construction orders in India’s nuclear power sector by winning a contract valued at Rs. 844 Crores from Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd (NPCIL) for construction of the Main Plant Civil works of Reactor 3&4 at Kakrapar Atomic Power Project, Tapi (Gujarat). This is the country’s first 700MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor plant being indigenously developed by NPCIL. The scope of work involves construction of reactor building, auxiliary buildings, waste management and exhaust ventilation building, heavy water upgrading plant, fabrication & erection of structural steel works involving civil, structural and architectural works. The project is to be completed in 49 months.
