Construction of India's largest nuclear power plant commences in Tamil Nadu

Set up in technical cooperation with the Russian Federation, the reactors at Kudankulam are state-of-the-art in terms of safety.

New Delhi: Construction of Units 5 & 6 of India’s Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNP) located in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district commenced on Tuesday (June 29).  The First Pour of Concrete (FPC), which was performed, marks an important milestone in a nuclear power project and is reckoned as the start date of the project.  Prior to the FPC, continuous preliminary work such as concrete bedding for foundations of the reactor building, auxiliary reactor building with the Main Control Room, among others was carried out.