Nalco in talks to set up nuke power plant

  • 16/09/2009

  • New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

KORAPUT: Nalco has begun exploratory talks to establish a nuclear power plant with the support of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) in Ganjam district. Nalco CMD Chittaranjan Pradhan said this while addressing the media at Damanjodi here yesterday. Pradhan also said a power plant is coming up at Jharsuguda. Moreover, a smelter plant in Iran is also in the pipeline. Besides, there is a proposal to set up a coal-based power plant in Indonesia. Commitment and joint efforts of administration, people and Nalco authorities could bring about development and make people self-reliant in the periphery villages of company