La central atómica de Kakrapar es una central nuclear en la India, que se encuentra en las proximidades de Surat y el río Tapi en el estado de Gujarat.

Las unidades 3 y 4 son el primer par de reactores de agua pesada a presión (PHWR) de diseño local de la India con un tamaño de unidad de 700 MW, ubicados en Kakrapar en Gujarat, donde ya están en funcionamiento dos unidades de PHWR de 220 MW.

The first concrete pour for Kakrapar 3 and 4 took place in November 2010 and March 2011 respectively, after Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) approval.

Since then, Dextra had supplied 540,000 bartec rebar couplers, to connect slabs and columns of reactor and control buildings.

Además, Unitec bolted couplers were installed to connect rebars without the need of any thread preparation.

Finally, barras con cabeza were mounted onto the reinforcement bar end, drastically reducing rebar congestion.

The commercial operation of Unit-3 is expected to be in March 2021 while its twin unit, Unit-4, is anticipated to start a year later.

Fuentes de imágenes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakrapar_Atomic_Power_Station, https://www.nucnet.org/news/kakrapar-3-indigenous-phwr-achieves-first-criticality-7-3-2020, https://www.asiavillenews.com/article/a-look-at-the-kakrapar-3-reactor-54367