The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project’s(KKNPP) first unit attained its maximum capacity of 1,000 MWe at 1.20 p.m. Saturday June 07,2014
The
milestone, which came as a shot in the arm for KKNPP engineers and
officials, has demonstrated that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India
Limited (NPCIL) is capable of running 1,000 Mwe-class reactors built
with Russia’s VVER technology.
When the first unit reached 90 %
of its capacity on May 5,2014 it was expected to attain the maximum capacity
within a week. But other mandatory tests and clearance from the Atomic
Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for raising its power factor took more
time than earlier envisaged.
The reactor had attained criticality on July 13 last
year.
The cumulative generation from the first unit so far is 1,900
million units of electricity. The first unit was synchronised with the
southern grid on October 22, 2013.
Out of the 1,000 Mwe from the first unit, Tamil Nadu will get 562 MWe. This includes 100 MWe from the unallocated share.
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