The much awaited Unit-2 (Reactor-2) of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) attained criticality at 8.56 pm on Sunday, the officials declared here.
India's nuclear sector regulator has given the nod for the second 1,000 MW unit at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu to go critical/start fission process, said an industry official.
The state run Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will file fresh terms of reference (ToR) within a month with the union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to carry out environment impact assessment (EIA) and prepare the environment management plan for the proposed 6,000 MW power plant at Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh. This is necessitated after NPCIL and US firm Westinghouse on June 7 have agreed to begin engineering and site design work immediately for six AP1000 reactors to be installed at Kovvada.
Ranchi: Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, for local manufacture of equipment to be used in the Ku