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The first unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant will start generating electricity in a week, Dr R.K. Sinha, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, told Business Line on Monday.
Up till now, engineers at the plant have been doing ‘low energy physics tests’. The plant has been producing steam but the steam has been let straight into the condensers.
In a weeks’ time, “they will roll the turbines”, Dr Sinha said, adding that electricity generation would be raised to the full capacity of 1,000 MW in a month’s time.
End of October, or early November, therefore, will see the end of a three-decade-long wait for Kudankulam electricity.
It is expected that the second unit (also of 1,000 MW) could go on stream in about six-eight months.
This is good news for the southern states, including Puducherry, but more for Tamil Nadu than the others. Tamil Nadu, being the ‘home state’ will get the largest share. The Union Government has also promised Tamil Nadu 100 MW from the ‘unallocated’ portion — the State will hence get 1,025 MW of power from the nuclear power plant which has been built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India with Russian technology.
ramesh.m@thehindu.co.in
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