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Approval for second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Station

| | Jul 21, 2016, at 09:46 pm
New Delhi/Chennai: The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP-2) attained first criticality (start of controlled self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction in the Reactor for the first time) after accord of regulatory and statutory clearances on July 10, 2016, Minister of Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

This will be followed by various tests, connection to the grid and raising of power in steps to full power in line with the stage-wise clearances of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).

The compliance certificates from Ministry of Environment and Forest and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have been issued for the plant.

The capacity of KKNPP Unit-2 on full power operation would be 1000 MW. Electricity generated by central sector generating stations is allocated to the beneficiary states and union territories in the electricity region by the Ministry of Power.

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