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NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

VISIT

At

NPCIL, KAKRAPAR

One day Industrial Visit report for the students of 4th semester in

Electrical Engineering Department, GMIT, Bhavnagar Dt.: 03 Feb 2018

Conducted by

Utsav P. Yagnik & Pooja N. Upadhyaya Assistant Professors,

Electrical Engineering Department, GMIT, Bhavnagar

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INDEX

Sr. No. Title Page No.

1 Acknowledgement 3

2 Participants & Industry Profiles

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3 Objective 7

4 Key points of Visit 8

5 Major Outcomes 11

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Acknowledgement

We express our feeling of gratitude to training superintendent

Mr. M.V. Parikh & his colleagues Mr. N. J. Lad & Mr. Mukesh

Vaghela for their continuous support for organising this visit. We

also thank Dr. H. M. Nimbark, Principal, GMIT, Bhavnagar & Mr.

Anish H. Vora, Professor & Head, Electrical Engineering

Department, GMIT, Bhavnagar for their support & guidance in

making this visit successful.

Utsav P. Yagnik

Pooja N. Upadhyaya

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Participants & Industry Profiles

Participants Profile:

Students of 4th Semester have reached a stage in their

academics at which they need some exposure to the real life

industry working environment. It can only be achieved by

conducting an industrial visit such as this one. They also

study a subject called Electrical Power Generation (EPG)

during their semester 4 studies, which has Nuclear Power

Plant as a part of subject. So, visit of NPCIL, KAKRAPAR will

help them understand the working of a Nuclear power plant.

Students of 4th Electrical at NPCIL, KAKRAPAR guest house

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List of participants

Sr. No. Surname Name Gender

Faculties

1 Yagnik Utsav M

2 Upadhyaya Pooja F

Students

3 Shukla Abhay M

4 MARU JAYESH M

5 Zinzuwadia Dhaval M

6 Shah Darshil M

7 vasani Yagnik M

8 Sonani Akashbhai M

9 Shah Sachin M

10 parmar mohit M

11 Jani Santosh M

12 Dabhi Naresh M

13 Pandya Naman M

14 Baraiya Mahesh M

15 Dodiya Saurav M

16 Rana Dhurvrajsinh M

17 Chauhan Bhaumik M

18 Bhatt Tirth M

19 Bhatt Krunal M

20 Dixit Rahul M

21 Dihora Parth M

22 JOLIYA Shanti M

23 Gohel Akshay M

24 Bhavsar Apurva M

25 Kadri Anis M

26 Trivedi Dhyey M

27 Shah Vishwa F

28 Rathod Ishita F

29 Domadiya Vismay M

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30 Madhara Parvinbanu F

31 Baraiya Niraj M

32 Patel Dhruvit M

33 pandya jay M

34 Vyas Nishith M

35 Gohel Parth M

36 Rathod Naitik M

37 Makwana Nilesh b M

38 Kanani Parth M

39 Gohil Yuvrajsinh M

40 Gohil Vishwarajsinh. M

41 GOHIL HARSHDIPSINH M

Industry Profile:

NPCIL is a government owned energy company which

produces electricity using Nuclear fuel. It is governed by

Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. (DAE). It was

established under companies act 1956 in 1987. Currently NPCIL

has total generation capacity of 6780 MWe. The plant that was

visited by GMIT students of 4th Electrical is situated in KAKRAPAR

and has installed capacity of 440 MWe.

Symbol of NPCIL

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Objective

The main objective of this industrial visit was to bring the

students one step closer to the real world of power generation

using Nuclear fuels. Here, the students were to be brought to

understand the concept and working of the various parts of a

Nuclear power plant.

Class of 4th Electrical at Training centre of NPCIL

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Key points of the Visit Session 1 (Pre Lunch):

The visit was divided into two sessions. Pre Lunch & post

Lunch sessions. In pre-lunch session, the students were taken to

Training centre where various models of different equipments used

at NPCIL were kept. Training centre had two working models of

whole power plant which initially gave overall idea about the

operations in a typical Nuclear power plant. Then the students

were divided in to two teams which then went on to go at all the

posters in training centre. The posters were of various topics such

as

1. History of NPCIL

2. Nuclear Fusion & Fission

3. Fuel rod assembly in NPCIL, KAKRAPAR

4. Ongoing & Future projects of NPCIL

Students were then taken to the lunch room where they had

some rest and doubt solving by NPCIL officials who accompanied

us throughout the visit.

Electrical Semester 4th Students at Training Centre

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Session 2 (Post Lunch):

Second session was conducted on field. The students which

were divided in to two teams were then taken to visit the boiler

assembly building. Here, they understood control panels in control

room and operation of fuel injection using animation. They also

learned how fuels are to be treated once they are used and where

to store them. i.e. under water. Mr. Mukesh Vaghela explained all

of above systems and also showed students storage of used fuel

rods via camera. Then the teams were taken to terrace of the plant

from where ongoing development’s bird eye view was given by

NPCIL officials. The teams were further taken to various parts of

building like battery storage unit & boiler piping system along with

generator assembly. Operation of all the equipments were given in

detail. Students also asked various doubts and got eye opening

replies regarding myths and reality of nuclear power plant

operations. Then the students were again taken to training centre

where they were given the booklets of NPCIL which illustrated

social activities being carried out by the NPCIL in nearby villages.

Students of 4th Electrical at the end of session 2

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Glimpses of the Visit

Following are some of the photographs during visit.

NPCIL Visit

Memories

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Major Outcomes

The main aim of this visit was to introduce the industry

outlook of the Nuclear power plant that they study during their

academics. The participants of the visit learned following.

1. Understood the operation of the Nuclear Power plant

2. Understood how fuel handling is one of the most important

thing when it comes to Nuclear power plant

3. Cleared the myth regarding nuclear energy and understood

its positive impacts

4. Understood the advantages of the Nuclear power plant over

others.