Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project dedicated to nation

Chennai, Aug 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday dedicated to the nation the first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).

The event took place via video conferencing with Modi in New Delhi, Putin in Moscow and Jayalalithaa in Chennai.

The KNPP is located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, around 650 km from here.

The PM said he dedicated the plant to India’s friendship with Russia.

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa also participated through video link.

Both units of the Russian technology Kudankulam plant have been made at a cost of over Rs. 22,000 crore and are 10 years behind schedule.The reactors at Kudankulam – India’s largest – are being built jointly by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India and a subsidiary of Russia’s nuclear regulatory body Rosatom.