Native name | भारतीय नाभिकीय विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड |
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| Company type | Public Sector Undertaking |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India (22 October 2003)[1] |
| Headquarters | DAE Nodal Centre, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pallavaram – Cantonment, Chennai – 600 043., Chennai, Tamil Nadu ,India[2] |
Key people | Chairman and managing director – Dr. K. V. Suresh Kumar D M Jagadeeesh Director ( Constructions) & Project Director K Dinesh Director ( Technical) & Station Director |
| Products | Nuclear power andelectricity generation anddistribution |
 ₹111.0 million (US$1.3 million) (2016–2017)[3] | |
| ₹194.2 million (US$2.3 million) (2016–2017) | |
| Total assets | ₹56.98 billion (US$670 million) (2016–2017) |
| Total equity | ₹30.47 billion (US$360 million) (2016–2017) |
| Website | bhavini |
TheBharatiya 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.[4]
BHAVINI is administered by theDepartment of Atomic Energy. Once thefirst fast breeder reactor, called Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor goes into commercial power production, BHAVINI will be the secondpower utility in India afterNuclear Power Corporation of India, to use nuclear fuel sources to generate power.
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