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The Russian-built Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu could, in the near future, be operating on the newer generation TVS-2M fuel assembly, which offers increased uranium capacity

The second 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu was connected to the grid on Monday, said a senior official.

The first Unit at Kudankulam, which went critical, or started generating power, on July 13, 2013, was connected to the southern power grid on October 22 the same year

The unit-I of the KNPP, an Indo-Russian joint venture, started commercial generation from December 31, 2014.

At present India with twenty one (21) nuclear power reactors, stands seventh (7) among thirty one (31) countries with nuclear power in terms of number of reactors and thirteenth (13) in terms of el

Mines Ministry has asked the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to provide the exploration data of areas where the occurrence of atomic minerals is less than the threshold value to expedite auction of such blocks.

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.

With the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) giving its nod for criticality in the second reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, a 6-member team from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Cli

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 Ministry of Mines has prepared the draft rules named “The Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, 2016” for regulating the grant of mineral concessions in respect of minerals specified in Part B of the First Schedule to MMDR Act, 1957, and for purposes connected therewith.

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