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MARC robotic fuel-handling system handed over to NPCIL
Our Bureau
Hyderabad
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Dec. 8
THE Hyderabad-based MARC Manufacturers Ltd has successfully fabricated a robotic fuel handling system for critical operations in the nuclear power reactors operated by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL).
The system, costing Rs 4.5 crore, was formally handed over to NPCIL. MARC, a group company of MTAR Technologies - a component and equipment supplier to the country's strategic sectors - has got a contract to make nine systems for NPCIL, according to Mr Ravindra Reddy, Managing Director.
The remotely operated fuel-handling machine will shortly be transported to the Tarapur Atomic Power Project-3&4 being executed by the NPCIL at Tarapur near Mumbai. The machine is being delivered as per strict quality specification ahead of schedule, Mr Reddy said.
Mr S.A. Bohra, Senior Executive Director (Technical), NPCIL, said that the 540 MW, TAPS-4 is set to be commissioned by October 2004 ahead of the commitment of October 2005 given to the Central Government.
According to him, NPCIL has succeeded in gaining the industry's confidence to execute future nuclear power projects in shortened gestation period, especially after the phase of `unsatisfactory' performance in the past.
Equipped with the new design and strategy to execute jobs, NPCIL is now confident of commissioning new power plants in 56 months against upwards of 72 months earlier.
Mr Bohra said that the TAPS-3, the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS)-5&6 and the Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS)-3&4 would be completed in this timeframe, ensuring lower costs and quicker access to power.
He added that companies like L&T, SEC, MTAR, Walchandnagar Industries and others were providing excellent support in fabricating critical components and meeting the challenges set to them by NPCIL, in view of the sanctions on India by the Nuclear Supply Group of countries led by the US for access of technology to critical components.
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