- Kaiga Atomic Power Station is a nuclear power generating station located at Kaiga in Karnataka, India.
- It is operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India.
- The power plant has been functioning since March 2000.
- The Kaiga power plant has four units of 220 MW each.
- The total power generating capacity of Kaiga power plant is 880 MW
- It is the third largest nuclear power plant in India. Tarapur (1400 MW) of Maharashtra is the largest and Rawatbhata (1180 MW) of Rajatshan is the second largest power plant in India.
- It supplies electricity to Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
- Why in news? It has created a new world record, with one of its units functioning continuously without any interruption for more than 940 days.