After much delay in the wake of protests by anti-nuclear activists and villagers, the Kudankulam project is all set to take off.
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (AERB) has granted clearance for the first 1000MW unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power project.
An AERB press release on Thursday said the clearance was given after the plant complied with all the directives of the Supreme Court. In its May 6, 2013 order, the Supreme Court had imposed several conditions on safety.
"We were satisfied with the safety and other parameters met by the plant officials with regard to the unit 1. Only after several tests and after the plant officials complied with the Supreme Court order, we gave the clearance," SS Bajaj, AERB chief, told TOI.
The plant is set to attain criticality (the actual commencement of chain reaction in the nuclear reactor) in a day or two, according to a plant official. Once the unit attains criticality, power generation will start.
Tamil Nadu will get its much-needed share of 450MW from the first unit. The power produced would be transmitted to the grid if the reactor reaches half its capacity, said an official.
The Russian-made reactor, called Voda Voda Energo Reactor (VVER), uses the pressurized water technology. This is the first such reactor being commissioned in the country.
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (AERB) has granted clearance for the first 1000MW unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power project.
An AERB press release on Thursday said the clearance was given after the plant complied with all the directives of the Supreme Court. In its May 6, 2013 order, the Supreme Court had imposed several conditions on safety.
"We were satisfied with the safety and other parameters met by the plant officials with regard to the unit 1. Only after several tests and after the plant officials complied with the Supreme Court order, we gave the clearance," SS Bajaj, AERB chief, told TOI.
The plant is set to attain criticality (the actual commencement of chain reaction in the nuclear reactor) in a day or two, according to a plant official. Once the unit attains criticality, power generation will start.
Tamil Nadu will get its much-needed share of 450MW from the first unit. The power produced would be transmitted to the grid if the reactor reaches half its capacity, said an official.
The Russian-made reactor, called Voda Voda Energo Reactor (VVER), uses the pressurized water technology. This is the first such reactor being commissioned in the country.
it is good for india to start a new technology because we have lot of raw material
ReplyDeleteoffcourse there r safety measures but A.Gopalakrishnan,chairman of AERB has revealed that the instrumentation n control system which is the basic thing for the safety of any nuclear power plant is faulty.progress on the cost of the lives of tamils is not at all appreciable.
ReplyDeleteClearance for the FAC, however, does not mean the stage is set for the commissioning of the plant soon. Several low-power tests will have to be carried out to verify the conformance of the reactor’s characteristics to design objectives.
DeleteThe AERB would review the results of the tests before giving clearance for the next stage of commissioning, which would entail a phased increase in the power level of the reactor.