Chennai, June 29 The construction of two more 1,000 MW nuclear power plants – Units 5 and 6 – in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu began with the first concreting on Tuesday morning.
The first concreting process is an important milestone in a nuclear power project, which is considered the start date of the project.
The Indian nuclear power company Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has two 1,000 MW plants (Units 1 and 2) in Kudankulam and two more are under construction (Units 3 and 4).
All six blocks will be built using Russian technology and equipment supplied by the country’s integrated nuclear power plant operator Rosatom.
Rosatom has already started supplying equipment for Units 3-6.
According to NPCIL officials, Units 3 and 4 have achieved 50 percent physical progress and construction of two more nuclear power plants has now begun.
Construction of Units 5 and 6 is expected to be completed in 66 months and 75 months, respectively.
The Kudankulam site will be the largest nuclear island in the country with a 6,000 MW nuclear energy capacity once the remaining four units are commissioned.
The first concrete casting for the last two units was made by Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, in the presence of Dr. Alexey Likhachev, General Director of Rosatom and Satish Kumar Sharma, Chairman, Initiated & General Manager, NPCIL.
“The construction project of the Kudankulam NPP (nuclear power project) has been a symbol of the close cooperation between Russia and India for many years. However, we do not want to stop at what has been achieved. Rosatom has the most advanced nuclear technology. ”. Together with our Indian colleagues, we are ready to start series production of the ultra-modern generation III + Russian-built nuclear power plants at a new location in India. This is stipulated in the existing agreements, “said Likhachev.
Russian companies are already producing equipment for the first priority installation, the equipment for the reactor systems and the turbine hall for Unit 5. The construction is already being delivered with detailed planning documentation, with a construction period of up to two years.
After the General Framework Agreement (GFA) was signed on April 10, 2014 for the construction of Units 3 and 4, negotiations began with the Indian party on the construction of Units 5 and 6.
It was later agreed that the last two Plant A will be built in accordance with the same design as required for Units 3 and 4, Rosatom said.
On June 1, 2017, the loan protocol to the government agreement of December 5, 2008 and the BGF for units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant were signed, the Russian company announced.
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