Thursday, September 24, 2009

BHEL bags Rs 3.65 bn order for 700 MW N-power project

Bharat Heavy Electricals has bagged a Rs 3.65 billion order from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India for supply of four steam generators for India`s second 700 MWe nuclear power station, being set up at Rajasthan Atomic Power Project, Kota, reports Economic Times.

BHEL had bagged a similar order from NPCIL for the country`s first 700 MWe nuclear power station, being set up at Kakrapar Atomic Power Project in Gujarat.

The company will design, manufacture and supply these steam generators. The product will be manufactured and tested according to American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Sec.III) Standards and is expected to meet various operation requirements as per customers` specifications.

BHEL has so far supplied 32 nuclear steam generators for eight 220 MWe nuclear power stations at Narora (UP), Kaiga (Karnataka) and RAPP (Rajasthan).

Shares of the company closed down Rs 22.3, or 0.98%, at Rs 2,249.75. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE was 91,584 (Thursday).

ref:
http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyShow.php?fileR=20090925080152203&dir=2009/09/25&secID=livenews

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