Construction Of Units 5 And 6 Of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Begins

Kudankulam Nuclear Plant: On completion of construction work for units 5 and 6, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will be the highest nuclear power generation park in the country.

The construction work for units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) commenced today with the first concrete pouring into the foundation plate of the reactor building, the NPCIL said, marking an important milestone in ramping up the country's nuclear power capacity. Russia's Rosatom and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), a public sector undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), are building six power reactors of 1,000-MW each at Kudankulam, about 625 kilometres from Chennai. On completion, the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will be the highest nuclear power generation park in the country. Its unit 1 and unit 2 are in operation while units 3 and 4 are under construction and currently have reached about 50 per cent progress.