BHAVINI
| File:Bhavini logo.svg | |
Native name | भारतीय नाभिकीय विद्युत निगम लिमिटेड |
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| Company type | Public Limited Company |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (22 October 2003)[1] |
| Headquarters | Montieth Road, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu , India[2] |
Key people | Chairman and managing director – Dr. Kallol Roy |
| Products | Nuclear power and electricity generation and distribution |
 ₹217.0 million (US$2.7 million) (2010–2011)[3] | |
| ₹146.2 million (US$1.8 million) (2010–2011) | |
| Total assets | ₹30.77 billion (US$390 million) (2010–2011) |
| Total equity | ₹30.47 billion (US$380 million) (2010–2011) |
| Website | www |
Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd., commonly known by the abbreviation BHAVINI, is an Indian nuclear power company established in 2003 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.