The nation’s first two nuclear reactors at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) that have been closed for repairs since 2020 will take another five months to resume operations due to a delay in the delivery of essential components, officials said on May 10.
Officials said they were waiting for some special metal pipes from Italy but the tubes did not arrive in time. The manufacturer is finding it difficult to produce the pipes as the order is quite small, they said.
Initially scheduled for reactivation on May 9, the reactors will remain offline until October, pending the awaited supplies, an official said.
