Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Russia's state-run nuclear corporation on Thursday said it has delivered the first consignment of nuclear fuel for initial loading of the third reactor at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. The delivery of the nuclear fuel coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival in New Delhi on a two-day visit. A cargo flight operated by the Nuclear Fuel Division of Rosatom delivered fuel assemblies manufactured by the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, the corporation said in a statement. A total of seven flights from Russia are planned to supply the entire reactor core and some reserve fuel. These shipments are provided under a contract signed in 2024, which includes fuel supply for the third and fourth VVER-1000 reactors of the Kudankulam plant for the entire service life, starting from initial loading. The Kudankulam plant will have six VVER-1000 reactors with a total installed capacity of 6,000 MW. The first two reactors at Kudankulam were connected to .

'The concern of member is very valid...I cannot deny certain admission were made by the Department', said the minister

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

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The project will take seven years to start generating electricity

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The unit was shut down early this month due to water and steam leakage

The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) has been shut down as there was water and steam leakage identified during operation, which may impact the power supply in States such as Tamil Nadu during this summer.The power plant was shut down due to water and steam leakage and it is expected to restart operations in a week's time, said H N Sahu, site director, KNPP. He said that the plant, with a capacity to produce 1,000 MW was operating at 94 per cent power.A major share of the production has been allocated to Tamil Nadu and the shut down may impact the power supply in the state during the peak of summer, which consumes lot of power, according to sources. The first unit of 1,000 MW has been shut down from April 13 for annual maintenance, which is expected to restart operations by middle of June. The non government organisations protesting on the project alleged that it has been several instances of shut down of these units, especially the first unit and this points ...

KNPP units I and II, both with a capacity of 1000 MW, have been built with Russian collaboration

The plant reached its full power of 1,000 MW on Jan 21 this year

The connection of the second unit brings India's installed nuclear generating capacity to 6,780 MWe

Unit-II of the plant to be ready end of this month, 5 more units with 1000 MW each to come up in Kudankulam