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Engineers begin key inspection of Kudankulam n-plant

-PTI Moving a step towards its commissioning, engineers today began pre-service inspection of the reactor pressure vessel of the first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). The inspection is a key step in the run-up to the commissioning of a nuclear plant before the regulator grants permission for loading the fuel. "This inspection will take about 10 to 12 days. The report of inspection will be submitted to the...

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Centre vouches for safety of Kudankulam project

-The Hindu Says it is well protected from tsunami or other natural disasters The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is well protected from tsunami or other natural disasters, the Centre submitted before the Madras High Court on Tuesday. It made the submission while the First Bench of Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam was hearing a batch of petitions seeking various reliefs, including a direction to the Union government and others to...

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PIL on power from Kudankulam plant dismissed

-The Hindu The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to the Centre to allot the entire 2000 MW to be generated by the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project to Tamil Nadu. In its order, the First Bench comprising the Chief Justice M.Y.Eqbal and Justice T.S.Sivagnanam said the petitioner had not even made any representation to the authorities concerned regarding the matter. It was a policy...

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Kudankulam trial run to begin on June 10-J Balaji

The much-awaited power generation from the Rs.14,000-crore Kudankulam nuclear power plant is likely to begin in June. The trial run of the first unit (1,000 MW), after loading the reactor with fuel (enriched uranium), will begin on June 10. “The dummy fuel has been removed; now, we are waiting for the clearance of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for loading the real fuel. The AERB's nod is expected in another...

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Kudankulam starts in 10 days: Jayalalithaa

-The Economic Times Springing a surprise, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday said the Kudankulam nuclear power project is all set to go on stream within 10 days. "Within 10 days we will start the project," an optimistic Jayalalithaa said after participating in the chief ministers' conference in New Delhi. Senior officials at the Nuclear Power Corporation Limited, however, did not share the CM's enthusiasm about the short deadline for...

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