A Central Atômica de Kakrapar é uma usina nuclear na Índia, que fica nas proximidades dos rios Surat e Tapi, no estado de Gujarat.

As unidades 3 e 4 são o primeiro par de reatores de água pesada pressurizada (PHWRs) projetados localmente da Índia com tamanho de unidade de 700 MW, localizados em Kakrapar em Gujarat, onde duas unidades de PHWRs de 220 MW já estão em operação.

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.

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

Finally, headed bars 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.

Fontes de imagens: 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