The much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu has missed yet another deadline and is now likely to be commissioned by May.
Commercial operations of the first unit of the 2x1000 MW reactors of the Indo-Russian project are expected by May, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has said.
The second unit is also likely to be delayed with the expected commissioning pushed to December, it said.
Minister of State in PMO V. Narayanasamy had informed the Lok Sabha earlier this month that the first unit was expected to be commissioned by April and the second by October.
The project, hit by protests by locals over safety concerns, has missed several targets for commissioning since December last year.
The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) had given clearance for the second heat-up and full system tests of Unit-1 on January 24.