Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

Russia Signs Pact For Six Nuclear Reactors On New Site In India

India News | Reuters | Friday October 5, 2018

India and Russia today signed a pact to build six more nuclear reactors at a new site in India following summit talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

Second Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Unit Resumes Operation After Maintenance

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 22, 2018

The second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant (KKNPP) today resumed operations after being shut for maintenance for nearly five months.

Inside The Russian Factory That Makes Parts For Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Saturday June 9, 2018

It's a mega manufacturing facility, the covered area of which is the size of several football fields. A road runs through the shop floor at the unit of Atomenergomash, a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state atomic energy corporation. And workers use bicycles to commute between workstations.

Russia To Supply Advanced Safe Fuel For Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 8, 2018

New, more advanced and safe fuel will be reloaded into the two running reactors of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project or KNPP and also into the subsequent units being built in Tamil Nadu with the technical assistance of the Russian national atomic power corporation Rosatom, according to a senior company official.

One Kudankulam Nuclear Power Unit Restarts Generation

Tamil Nadu News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 29, 2017

The first 1,000 MW atomic power unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) restarted generation after completion of refuelling today, said an official.

India, Russia Sign 3 Contracts On Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 1, 2017

India and Russia have signed contracts for priority design works and supply of main equipment for units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, two months after the main framework agreement for these units were signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia.

Work Begins At Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 3

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 29, 2017

Construction work at Unit 3 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu started today. The project, in collaboration with a Russian company, is likely to be completed in a little over six years. The total cost of Unit 3 and Unit 4 -- each with a capacity to produce 1,000 megawatt or MW -- is Rs 39,894 crore.

Focus on Kudankulam Power Plant Pact As PM Modi Reaches Russia: 10 Facts

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday June 1, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Russia's St Petersburg- a visit that's expected to be crucial for India's largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam. The last two units of the plant are expected to be built in collaboration with a Russian company. If successful, the deal will be the centrepiece of the meet in which 12 other agreements are l...

Alleged Intruder Detained At Kudankulam Nuclear Plant In Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Tuesday May 23, 2017

An alleged intruder has been detained at the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant in Tamil Nadu this evening.

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project II Restarts Generation

Chennai News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 20, 2017

The second unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) was reconnected to the southern power grid this morning, said officials.

Opinion: Why This Modi-Putin Agreement Should Worry Us

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday October 25, 2016

How then is it possible to cheer the Modi-Putin Goa agreement for two more units at Kudankulam when even one unit has not, after 28 years, got going efficiently or with proven safety? The Japanese at least have decentralized decision-making to the point where a district panchayat president (which is what the Governor of a Japanese Prefecture is) ca...

India, Russia Finalise Agreement On Units 5, 6 At Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 14, 2016

Scaling up cooperation in the atomic energy sector, India and Russia have finalised a general framework agreement and credit protocol for setting up units five and six at the Kudankulam nuclear plant.

'All Systems Operational': Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Crosses Big Milestone

India News | Written by Pallava Bagla | Monday July 11, 2016

After a more than 48-hour countdown, at 8:56 pm on Sunday, enough nuclear poison had been removed from the Kudankulam atomic reactor in Tamil Nadu for a sustained nuclear chain reaction to be initiated.

Kudankulam Nuclear-Plant Restarts Generation

Tamil Nadu News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 15, 2016

The 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu restarted power generation on Sunday evening, said Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) which operates the national grid.

Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant To Touch 1000 MW Within 2 Days

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 4, 2016

Power generation at the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), which resumed operation last week after a break of seven months, will reach its full capacity of 1000MW within two days, a top official said today.