Kudankulam Nucleur Plant to reach full capacity within two days: Official

Power generation at the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), which resumed operation last week after a break of seven months, will reach its full capacity of 1000 Mw within two days, a top official said today.

The plant is generating 715 Mw power at present and will hit the capacity mark in a day or two, KNPP site director RS Sundar said in a release here.

Power generation is being stepped up in a phased manner since the plant resumed operation on January 30, producing
300 MW power, the release added.

The first plant at KNPP, an Indo-Russian collaborative venture, was shut down on June 24, 2015, for maintenance after being in commercial operation since December 31, 2014, it said.

Work is underway on the second 100-Mw reactor, which is expected to be commissioned later this year.