UPSCpedia: Scienopedia - Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant

• Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station currently under construction in Koodankulam, Tamil Nadu.
• Both units are water-cooled, water-moderated power reactors. The first was scheduled to start operation in December 2009 and the second one was scheduled for March 2010. Currently, the official projections put unit 1 into operation in June 2011, and unit 2 will go in March 2012.
• When completed they will become the largest nuclear power generation complex in India producing a cumulative 2 GW of electric power.
• Four more reactors are set to be added to this plant under a memorandum of intent signed in 2008. A firm agreement on setting up two more reactors, has been postponed pending the ongoing talks on liability issues. Under an inter-government agreement signed in December 2008 Russia is to supply to India four third generation VVER-1200 reactors of 1170 MW.
• The reactors have some advanced safety features like passive heat removal system, double containment, Core Catcher, and hydrogen re-combiner instead of conventional systems.