Koodankulam: SC's quality pitch biggest ray of hope

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has postponed the expected date of commissioning of the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to next month. With physical progress completed up to 99.66 per cent, the 1,000 MW first unit is expected to be commissioned next month, the NPCIL website said. Earlier, the NPCIL expected it to be commissioned by this month. The NPCIL is building two 1,000 MW VVER nuclear power units with Russian collaboration at Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district of ...

The nuclear plant project has missed several deadlines since December last year following protests by locals over safety concerns. (File/PTI) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has postponed the expected date of commissioning of the first unit ...

Russia on Thursday defended the quality of equipment supplied for the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP), adding that its Unit-I could go critical by the first week of May if it gets clearance from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).

In an interview to rediff.com, Mr. R. S. Sundar, the site director of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), has claimed that the KKNPP is not a Russian turnkey project. Here is Mr. Sundar's categorical answer to Mr. A. Ganesh Nadar's ...

A view of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. | P Justine As part of the commissioning process of Unit 1 of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP), the relief valves on steam lines were being tested and the trials would not pose any hazard to ...

The green signal the Supreme Court has given to the Koodankulam nuclear power plant should not be construed by the plant authorities as a carte blanche. As the court explained, the larger public interest of the community should give way to ...

On a day when a large number of protestors attempted to lay siege to Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant seeking its closure, M S Swaminathan, UNESCO Chair in Eco-technology and former MP, on Saturday stressed the need for continuous interaction between ...

The commissioning of the Koodankulam atomic power plant has been delayed as the nuclear regulator had found four valves to be deficient during a series of tests ahead of starting the reactor. During testing of thousands of valves installed in the plant, the ...

The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) struggle committee cautioned the regular and contract employees working at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) that every single deal India has signed with Russia has proved to be a ...