Projects / prj-barc-vizag-htgcr
BARC Visakhapatnam HTGCR hydrogen demonstration proposal
DAE names BARC Vizag for an up-to-5 MWth hydrogen reactor. Thermal demonstration capacity is not electrical output or commercial operation.
- Stage
- Announced
- Technology
- High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) · unknown
- Operator(s)
- —
- Vendor(s)
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Location
- BARC Visakhapatnam HTGCR hydrogen demonstration proposal location · India · precision: undisclosed
Searchable without an invented map pin. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- thermal only (no MWe) · scope: module
- Thermal capacity
- 5 MWth (nameplate_unspecified)
- Modules planned
- —
- Inclusion basis
- smr_by_vendor_claim_with_capacity_check
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-01 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- Commercial operation: — · target
- BARC Visakhapatnam HTGCR hydrogen demonstration proposal documented: 2026-02-04 · actual · day · announcement
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Sources
- DAE parliamentary answer naming lead sites (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-01)