BHAVINI
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| State-owned enterprise | |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | 22 October 2003[1] |
| Headquarters | Egmore, Chennai[2], Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people | Chairman and managing director – Dr. P. chellapandi |
| Products | Nuclear power and electricity generation and distribution |
 ₹217.0 million (US$3.2 million) (2010–2011)[3] | |
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₹146.2 million (US$2.2 million) (2010–2011) | |
| Total assets |
₹30.77 billion (US$450 million) (2010–2011) |
| Total equity |
₹30.47 billion (US$450 million) (2010–2011) |
| Website |
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The Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (BHAVINI) is a government-owned corporation of India established in 2004 in Chennai. One of the public sector undertakings, it is wholly owned by the Union Government and is responsible for the construction, commissioning and operation of all Stage II fast breeder reactors envisaged as part of the country’s three stage nuclear power programme. [4]
BHAVINI is administered by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Once the first fast breeder reactor, called Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) goes into commercial power production, BHAVINI will be the second power utility in India after Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), to use nuclear fuel sources to generate power.
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