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Koodankulam Begins
It wasn’t long back when Koodankulam, Tirunelveli was awash with mass protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant, fearing safety of the 1 million inhabitants, living in the 30 km radius of the plant. Well, you can read about that here – All clear for Kudankulam going nuclear. What is notable now is that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is to be synchronised with the power grid, in the next 15-20 days
Status of the plant
The first 1,000-MW unit is likely to be synchronised with the southern power grid by the end of this month, with the supply of 400 MW.
Power production is expected to start within next 45-50 days as trials runs have been completed. This is contrary to the media headlines about starting power production in 15-20 days as right now, it is only being connected to the grid. The unit would start supplying power to the grid only by October-end, when it would operate to its capacity.
Power generation is being stepped up gradually since the unit went critical on July 13. It is likely to reach 40% of the capacity by end of Sep’13, when it would be synchronised with the grid. It would then be stepped up to 50%, 75%, 90%and finally 100%
The second unit will start by March or April ’14 as around 95% of the work is over.
Quick Questions
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When was the project initially signed? What is the Capacity?
Who constructed the plant? What is the technology used?
What is PMANE?
What had happened in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster?
What is INES? How much Nuclear power does India actually produce?
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