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Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) today attained its full generation capacity and became the first nuclear plant in the country to generate 1,000 MWe of power, its site director R S Sundar said.
“At 13.20 hours today, Unit I of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant started generating its full capacity of 1,000 MWe of power. We will run it for some more time before we stop the unit for conducting some tests as mandated by AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board),” he told PTI over phone.
He also said that of all the sources of power available in the country, units of KNPP have the capacity to produce large amounts of power from a single unit.
“If you take other plants, they can produce only around 540 MWe of power. In the case of thermal plants, it could go up to 660 or 680 MWe. Another 700 MWe unit is presently under construction. So KNPP is the first unit in the country to produce 1,000 MWe of power,” he said.
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