The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant(KNPL)which
was connected to the southern grid last week, is scheduled to begin
commercial operation in December2016
The unit
with the Russian-designed VVER-1000 reactor was synchronised with the
southern grid on August 29 and has been generating about 245 MWe.
Construction of the unit 2 was completed in July, 2015 and was loaded with fuel in May, 2016
Following safety tests, it attained criticality on July 10,2016
Note
The Kudankulam first unit achieved first criticality in
mid-2013, was connected to the grid in October, 2013 and began
commercial operation in December, 2014.
Kudankulam
units 1 and 2 have been built by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.
(NPCIL). These are operated by NPCIL under IAEA safeguards, with
supervision from Russian specialists. Enriched uranium fuel for the
entire life of the plant is to be supplied by Russia
Excavation for Kudankulam units 3 and 4 is in progress
and first concrete for the new units will be poured in March next year,
Rosatom, the Russian counterpart of India’s Department of Atomic Energy
(DAE) said.
The units 3 and 4 will begin power production by 2022-2023.
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