<p>In a significant development, power generation began on Monday at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) unit-1, which was shutdown due to turbine problem in September.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Power generation in the first unit has reached 319 MW on Monday against its total capacity of 1,000 MW,” a senior KNPP official said.<br /><br />Earlier, when commercial operations at KNPP was about to be announced, power production came to an halt at the first atomic power unit due to a technical snag.<br />According to the official, the unit has been shut down to inspect turbine and its associated components before putting it for commercial operation. <br /><br />“It (turbine system) was in the observation for few weeks after the components were replaced. We started the machine and its health is normal,” he said.<br /><br />The power production is expected to reach 800 MW in few days, the official said. <br />KNPP officials also informed that measures are being taken to avoid recurrence of such an event in unit-2, which is presently under commissioning and is also being prepared for the hot run.<br /><br />Sources said about 90 per cent of the works were completed in unit-2 for starting power production.<br /><br />Construction of the third and fourth unit at a cost of Rs 33,000 crore, for which India signed an agreement with Russia recently, has commenced.<br /><br />A general framework agreement was signed between NPCIL and Russia-based Rosatom. KNPP is India's first pressurised water reactor belonging to the light water reactor category. <br /></p>
<p>In a significant development, power generation began on Monday at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) unit-1, which was shutdown due to turbine problem in September.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Power generation in the first unit has reached 319 MW on Monday against its total capacity of 1,000 MW,” a senior KNPP official said.<br /><br />Earlier, when commercial operations at KNPP was about to be announced, power production came to an halt at the first atomic power unit due to a technical snag.<br />According to the official, the unit has been shut down to inspect turbine and its associated components before putting it for commercial operation. <br /><br />“It (turbine system) was in the observation for few weeks after the components were replaced. We started the machine and its health is normal,” he said.<br /><br />The power production is expected to reach 800 MW in few days, the official said. <br />KNPP officials also informed that measures are being taken to avoid recurrence of such an event in unit-2, which is presently under commissioning and is also being prepared for the hot run.<br /><br />Sources said about 90 per cent of the works were completed in unit-2 for starting power production.<br /><br />Construction of the third and fourth unit at a cost of Rs 33,000 crore, for which India signed an agreement with Russia recently, has commenced.<br /><br />A general framework agreement was signed between NPCIL and Russia-based Rosatom. KNPP is India's first pressurised water reactor belonging to the light water reactor category. <br /></p>
