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Option 3 : Gorakhpur

The correct answer is Gorakhpur.

  • Gorakhpur in Haryana will a new 9000-MW nuclear power plant be set up by 2024.

  • India will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024
  • The first nuclear power plant in northern India will come up in Gorakhpur of Haryana.
  • By 2024, India will have nine nuclear reactors plus 12 new additional ones which were approved with a capacity of 9000 MW.
  • India is counting on its nuclear program to help meet its Paris climate commitments to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by a third from 2005 levels by 2030.

  • Nuclear energy: It is the energy in the nucleus of an atom.
    • Nuclear energy is generated by nuclear fusion and nuclear fission reactions.
  • Nuclear energy plants do not release carbon emissions but there are other disadvantages:
  • Disadvantages of nuclear energy plants:
  1. ​It causes thermal pollution.
  2. Its wastes are radioactive materials
  3. It requires a large amount of water.
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