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India's First Atomic Power Plant Rises on Arabian Sea Near Bombay
On Dussehra Day 1967 the 270 ton reactor pressure vessel was lifted 125 feet for the Tarapur plant, India's first atomic facility. The US funded the project with an $80 million loan and $15 million in deferred fuel costs. Operations target early 1969 with cooling from a 106 million cubic foot reservoir and 650 million gallons daily intake from the Arabian Sea. International General Electric and Bechtel led construction.
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