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Two more reactors for Koodankulam
Our Correspondent
Madurai
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Oct. 25
TWO more reactors of 1,000 MW capacity will be coming up at the Koodankulam nuclear facility in Tirunelveli district in the State, the Chairman and Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), Mr S.K. Jain, has said.
The Union Government has recently approved the company's proposal to construct eight more reactors for power generation and two each have been sanctioned for Koodankulam in the State, Jaitapur in Maharashtra, Kakrapar in Gujarat and Kota in Rajasthan, Mr Jain told newspersons at Koodankulam, recently.
He further said that Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute has completed its environment assessment report on the proposed construction at Koodankulam and the same would be submitted to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for approval. It would also be handed over to the district administration for holding a public hearing over the project.
Works over the current projects are progressing ahead of schedule, he added. NPCIL is looking for more sites to set up more reactors and has written to the Chief Secretaries of the States, the sources mentioned.
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