Kudankulam-II nuclear plant to go critical today

CHENNAI: The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu is expected to go critical on Sunday, SK Sharma, chairman and managing director of Nuclear

CHENNAI: The second unit of Kudankulam atomic power project in Tamil Nadu is expected to go critical on Sunday, SK Sharma, chairman and managing director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), said. “The reactor control rods are being removed. The unit is expected to attain criticality in two days time. Yesterday (Friday) late evening the (48 hour) process for First Approach to Criticality (FAC) was started. We have filed all the necessary reports with the registry of the SC,” said Sharma.

HT Image