Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

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The Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is a joint venture between India and Russia

NPCIL, a public sector undertaking under the Department of Atomic Energy, had also said that the plant systems were not affected

Any Cyber attack on the Nuclear Power Plant Control System is not possible, says R Ramdoss, Training Superintendent & Information Officer

The first unit that was shut down on August 1 for annual maintenance is expected to restart on November 5

The mega nuclear power plant was shut down on August 4, due to hydrogen concentration in the stator

Says Russia is the only foreign partner of India in the establishment of nuclear energy

A GFA is the final agreement before a project can commence

The automated control systems will start arriving to India from Russia

The leaders inaugurated construction work via video conferencing from Goa, where both met on sidelines of BRICS Summit

Nuclear Power Corporation atomic power generation cross 5000 MW

Unit-II of the plant will be ready end of this month, Unit-III & Unit-IV will be set up at a cost of around Rs 39,000 cr

The first unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant attained criticality in July 2013

Criticality is the level of nuclear fission allowing the unit to work at a steady power level

Till May 2016, the first unit has made a cumulative generation of 5,777 million units

NPCIL has been developing the project for two 1,000 MW plants in Kudankulam for past several years with an investment outlay of around Rs 17,000 cr