Archive · 29 Jul 2025
India Opens 1st Private Heavy Water Upgrade Facility
India now has its first private company helping with nuclear power.
A company called TEMA India has created a new facility near Mumbai to test equipment used in nuclear reactors.
This equipment helps to purify heavy water, which is needed for nuclear reactions to work.
This company will make the equipment that ensures the water is pure enough.
This should help speed up the construction of nuclear power plants, a key part of India's plan to increase its nuclear energy production.
TEMA India opened the first private facility for testing heavy water upgrade equipment.
The facility, located near Mumbai, was built with technology from BARC.
The facility will manufacture, integrate, and test equipment, reducing project timelines.
The company will upgrade depleted heavy water used in nuclear reactors.
The first batch of equipment was dispatched for the Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Plant.
- Who
- TEMA India, with technology transfer from BARC.
- What
- Opening of India's first private test facility for heavy water upgrade.
- When
- Inaugurated recently.
- Where
- Achchad, Palghar district, about 100 km north of Mumbai.
- Why
- To speed up the operationalization of nuclear power plants by providing equipment for upgrading heavy water.
- Company
- TEMA India
- Location
- Achchad, Palghar district
- Technology Transfer
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
- Purpose
- Testing equipment for heavy water upgrading
- Target Plants
- Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Plant, Gorakhpur, and Kaiga
- Installed Capacity Goal
- 100 GW by 2047