The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power
Plant (KKNPP) was on 22 October 2013 synchronised with the southern
regional electricity grid. Earlier, the nuclear reactor
achieved criticality on 13 July 2013.
The power generation in the nuclear reactor will be
increased in stages to attain full capacity of 1000 MW by end of 2014. As
the nuclear plant is synchronized to the southern grid, the power generation
will now be increased to 500 MW, 750 MW, 900 MW and then finally 1000 MW.
Nuclear Power Corporation of India is constructing
two 1000 MW units at KNPP jointly with Russia at Kudankulam in Tiruneveli
district, 650 km from Chennai. The Kudankulam nuclear power plant which was to
be commissioned on December 2007 got inordinately delayed because of protests
by locals.
Kudankulam
is the first pressurized water reactor belonging to light water reactor
category in the country.
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