India’s Nuclear Facilities

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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