India's Nuclear Facilities


Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Center, Kalpakkam

Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Center. Site of Fast Breeder Test Reactor and plutonium extraction plants. Also the location of Madras 1 and 2 nuclear power reactors, which can produce plutonium for nuclear weapons.

12.557485°N, 80.175669°E

Kakrapar

Kakrapar 1 and 2 nuclear power reactors are not subject to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection and therefore available to produce weapons-grade plutonium.

21.2365°N, 73.3501°E

Narora

Narora 1 and 2 nuclear power reactors are not subject to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection and therefore available to produce weapons-grade plutonium.

28.1575°N, 78.4099°E

Pokaran

Site of the first Indian nuclear detonation on May 18, 1974. This bomb was exploded 100 meters beneath the surface. Used again during the testing in 1998.

27.094529°N, 71.753018°E

Rattehalli Rare Materials Plant

Pilot-scale uranium enrichment plant.

12.311995°N, 76.688862°E

Tarapur

Large plutonium extraction plant presumed to support nuclear weapons program. Two U.S. supplied electric power reactors under IAEA inspection.

19.828887°N, 72.659111°E

Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's primary nuclear research facility. It has a number of nuclear reactors, all of which are used for India's nuclear power and research program. The possible site of a weapons program including plutonium production using Dhruva and Cirus research reactors, a plutonium extraction plant and a pilot-scale uranium enrichment plant.

19.828544°N, 72.660184°E

Sources: Federation of American Scientists, Center for Non-Proliferation Studies, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace