{{Short description|Indian nuclear power company}} {{about|the Plutonium and Thorium powered fast breeder nuclear reactor operator|the Uranium powered PHWR and PWR operator|Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = '''Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited''' | logo = | logo_size = 200px | caption = | native_name = भारतीय नाभिकीय विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड | native_name_lang = hi | type = Public Sector Undertaking | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (22 October 2003)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhavini.nic.in/company-profile.htm |title=Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited |access-date=19 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319204126/http://www.bhavini.nic.in/company-profile.htm |archive-date=19 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | location = DAE Nodal Centre, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pallavaram – Cantonment, Chennai – 600 043. | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = Chennai, Tamil Nadu | location_country = India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhavini.nic.in/Userpages/ContactView.aspx|title=Contact Us|access-date=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322224911/http://www.bhavini.nic.in/Userpages/ContactView.aspx|archive-date=22 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Chairman and managing director – Dr. K. V. Suresh Kumar D M Jagadeeesh Director ( Constructions) & Project Director K Dinesh Director ( Technical) & Station Director | industry = Energy | products = Nuclear power and electricity generation and distribution | services = | revenue = | operating_income = {{profit}}{{INRConvert|111.0|m}} (2016–2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhavini.nic.in/attachments/reports/8th%20Annual%20Report%202010-11.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514123056/http://www.bhavini.nic.in/attachments/reports/8th%20Annual%20Report%202010-11.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | net_income = {{profit}}{{INRConvert|194.2|m}} (2016–2017) | assets = {{increase}}{{INRConvert|56.98|b}} (2016–2017) | equity = {{increase}}{{INRConvert|30.47|b}} (2016–2017) | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://bhavini.nic.in/}} | footnotes = | intl = }} The '''Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited''' ('''BHAVINI''') is a wholly owned Enterprise of Government of India under the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy incorporated on 22 October 2003 as a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956 with the objective of constructing and commissioning the first 500 MWe Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu and to pursue construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of subsequent Fast Breeder Reactors for generation of electricity in pursuance of the schemes and programmes of Government of India under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962. BHAVINI is currently constructing a 500MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, 70 km from Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bhavini.nic.in/Userpages/CompanyView.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=5 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105152544/http://www.bhavini.nic.in/Userpages/CompanyView.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
BHAVINI is administered by the Department of Atomic Energy. Once the first fast breeder reactor, called Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor goes into commercial power production, BHAVINI will be the second power utility in India after Nuclear Power Corporation of India, to use nuclear fuel sources to generate power.
==See also== * Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor * FBR-600 * Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research * Nuclear Power Corporation of India * Nuclear power in India
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==External links== *[http://www.bhavini.nic.in BHAVINI website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105100418/http://www.bhavini.nic.in/ |date=5 November 2012 }}
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