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India Russia (setting up two more units of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant…
India Russia
setting up two more units of
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP)
in Tamil Nadu
The KKNPP was the result of an inter-government agreement between India and the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1988.
KKNPP ran into hurdles as protests stopped the government from moving ahead
four reactor units were built and operationalised
last two reactor units will be built and installed jointly by the
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd
and Atomstroyexport
Each of the units will have a power generation capacity of 1,000 MW.
largest nuclear power generation complex in India producing a cumulative 2 GW of electric power
pressurised water reactor
one of three types of light water reactor (LWR)
boiling water reactors (BWRs)
supercritical water reactors (SCWRs)
pressurised water reactor (PWRs)
All LWRs use ordinary water as both coolant and neutron moderator
In a PWR, the primary coolant (water) is pumped under high pressure to the reactor core where it is heated by the energy released by the fission of atoms
heated water then flows to a steam generator
transfers its thermal energy to a secondary system where steam is generated
flows to turbines which, in turn, spin an electric generator
pressure in the primary coolant loop prevents the water from boiling within the reactor
situated in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu