Nuclear pwer equipent plant at VIZAG

 U.S. FIRM TO SET UP NUCLEAR POWER EQUIPMENT PLANT

A U.S. based company, Brighton group, has proposed to set up  a 600 million dollars (RS 2880 crores ) nuclear power equipment manufacturing facility near the port town of Vishakhapatnam.


Major industries minister J.Geeta Reddi informed to the media on Thursday that facility, proposed to come up at Nakkapalli, would manufacture three to four nuclear reactor units per Annam at a cost of 200 million dollars each.

It would provide direct employment to 2500 highly skilled people, including 500 engineers and indirect employment to about 10,000 Geeta Reddi added.

The minister said Brighten president & CEO Kit Kung met chief minister N.Kirankumar Reddi at camp office on Thursday and sought his support for getting natural gas allocation for proposed plant. “We will sign a memorandum of understanding (Mo U) for project in the next two weeks “ she said.

The minister said the company wanted special economic zone status for their facility, which would be ready in two years in an area of 800 acres,Geeta Reddi said.

This would be major venture for  Brighton group in the country. They have a major presence in China, apart from U.S. Over one lakh people would get employment in next five years as several ancillary units are expected to come up simultaneously  the minister said.

Interacting with the media, Kit Kung said they were currently operating a similar plant in china where large nuclear reactor units were being manufactured.

“ The system in China is not favorable for western world, hence we have come to India .the Indian plant will be similar to china plant. The upcoming facility will service not only Indian nuclear power plants, but also international markets. We will make this facility our global export base “ the Kung said.

In a reply to a query on sourcing raw material, he said they use metal scrap ,mostly ship breaking units. At least 30,000 tons of steel is  needed annually for manufacturing these nuclear reactor units  , Kung said.

Kung extended an invitation the major industries minister, Industries principal secretary B.Sam Bob  and Andhra Pradesh Industrial infrastructure corporation MD B.R. Meena  to visit Briton facility in china.

Brighton Group is heavy equipment and forged steel manufacturing company that manufacturers the largest forged steel components used in third generation nuclear power plants, besides conventional power plants, ship building and petro chemicals.