Power project starts construction of 5th, 6th reactors
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Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project started work on the fifth and the sixth reactors on its premises on Tuesday. It is already operating 2x1,000 MWe VVER nuclear reactors and constructing two reactors wi
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project started work on the fifth and the sixth reactors on its premises on Tuesday. It is already operating 2x1,000 MWe VVER nuclear reactors and constructing two reactors with similar capacity with Russian technical assistance. With Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom and Satish Kumar Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), the project proponent, pressing the button through videoconferencing from different destinations, 6,200 cubic metres of concrete was poured in the reactor raft at 11.32 a.m. to mark the commencement of construction of the reactors. The light water reactors (VVER) will be built on an outlay of ₹49,621 crore. While the fifth reactor will be commissioned in December 2026, the sixth reactor will be ready for operation in September 2027.More Related News