Kudankulam project gets clearance for power generation

[SRP]

Kudankulam nuclear plant to go critical around midnight, say sources; power generation to begin soon | NDTV.com

Chennai: The Kudankulam nuclear reactor, which has seen several delays and protests, may become critical around midnight tonight, sources have said. After this, a sustained chain reaction will begin and electricity generation may begin soon.

Sources said that all the Russian-made reactor units inside the Kudankulam plant are safe and working as designed. Once the chain reaction begins, electricity generation may start in about two months, sources said. These will be the single largest reactors India owns.

India's atomic regulator, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), has already cleared the first 1000 MW reactor unit, which will generate much-needed electricity for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry.

A controlled nuclear fission process had earlier begun in the plant - a step towards power production in a nuclear reactor.

The plant had been delayed for months due to protests by anti-nuclear groups and local residents who alleged that the project was unsafe.

The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, which spearheaded these protests, had sent a legal notice to the nuclear bodies who cleared the project.

The Kudankulam plant is an outcome of a pact between India and the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1988. However, construction began only in 2001. The project has also been delayed due to hurdles in the supply of components from Russian vendors.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Im not a citylite... my home is come under grama panchayat only... we dont see any power cut more than 10min/day... current consumption is dropped??? dont fool ur self... and its not a summer, but even though its not a rainy r winter season too... i accept that we want more power generation before next Feb, else want to suffer some shortage, but not in the scale of 2012-2013 for sure...

Yes, of course, current consumption have dropped for now.! Its always the same during winter season. It was the same during last winter too. I am not saying current generation havent increased or improved. But it has not been increased to a level to say, Amma have completely eradicated power problems.
Though i live in City, my native is a village in madurai. Though current cuts have reduced, its not like a situation of less than 10mins a day. Say, its about 3-4 hours a day, but stil not continuous cuts.

 

[Trichy]

Yes, of course, current consumption have dropped for now.! Its always the same during winter season. It was the same during last winter too. I am not saying current generation havent increased or improved. But it has not been increased to a level to say, Amma have completely eradicated power problems.
Though i live in City, my native is a village in madurai. Though current cuts have reduced, its not like a situation of less than 10mins a day. Say, its about 3-4 hours a day, but stil not continuous cuts.

May be Village in & around Trichy have only 10min/day powercut.. hope ur problem solve's too soon..