Kudankulam N-plant

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  India, Russia Sign Deal to Build 2 Units Of Kudankulam N-Plant: 10 Facts

  India and Russia have signed a pact to jointly build the last two units of the Kudankulam nuclear reactor. Making the announcement during his joint statement with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the seven-decade India-Russia ties, which he said, has stood the "test of time". PM Modi, who also addressed an elite gr...

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  Manufacturing Of Steam Generators For Kudankulam N-Plants 3, 4 Begins

  Russian company JSC AEM-technology on Friday said it has started manufacturing two sets of steam generators for the third and fourth 1,000MW nuclear power units to be set up at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.

• Anti-nuclear protester booked for explosion which killed 6 near Kudankulam N-plant

  At least six people including two children died as country-made bombs exploded at the Tsunami Colony in Idinthakarai village, the ground zero for protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant in the Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu.

• PM Singh, Russian President Putin ask officials to resolve Kudankulam N-plant issues

  Committing to push cooperation in the nuclear field, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin today directed officials to resolve at the earliest outstanding issues on liability that have stalled work on Unit-III and IV of the Kudankulam project.

• Petition by scientists expressing concern over Kudankulam N-plant's safety: Full text

  About 60 leading scientists have petitioned the chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to have another safety evaluation of the Kudankulam Nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.

• Kudankulam nuclear plant unit 1 to be operational in April: PM tells Putin

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the first phase of the nuclear power project at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu will be up and running by next month.

• Russia hints Kudankulam N-plant cost may go up

  On the eve of a key bilateral meeting, Russia said the cost of the next phase of the Kudankulam atomic project would escalate if it has to bear additional liabilities arising from a possible nuclear accident. With differences in perception over India's civil nuclear liability law, the negotiations on the units III and IV of the Kudankulam Nuclear P...

• Change of guard at Kudankulam N-plant

  A series of top level changes due to retirement of certain officials at India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has resulted in a change of guard at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an official.

• Maharashtra Congress alleges foreign NGOs funding Jaitapur N-plant protests

  Following the Prime Minister's statement that the opposition against the nuclear power plant in Kudankulam was being fuelled by foreign funded NGOs, the Congress in Maharashtra has written to the Prime Minister saying they suspect a foreign hand in the protests against the Jaitapur Nuclear Power plant.

• German national deported for allegedly funding protests against Kudankulam N-plant

  A German national has been deported back to his home country on charges of raising funds against Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu. He was detained from a hotel in Nagercoil.

• PM, Jayalalithaa meet, discuss row over Mullaperiyar Dam and Kudankulam N-plant

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to advise Kerala not to build a new dam across Mullaperiyar and sought a financial package for the state.

• Kudankulam row: PM's N-plant announcement sparks black flag protests in Tamil Nadu

  By promising resolution of the Kudankulam issue within a couple of weeks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have reassured his Russian hosts, but his statement has set off a storm back home in Tamil Nadu.

• Kudankulam N-plant: Protesters allege threat to lives

  Days after talks between government representatives and villagers protesting against the setting up of a nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu failed, protesters are alleging a threat to their lives. Activists Udhayakumar, Pushparayan and Jesudas have alleged that they have received threats over the phone.

• Kudankulam N-Plant: Nuclear watchdog asks for additional safety measures

  "Safest in the world" is the argument that the Centre and experts have used to counter opposition to the Kundankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu. That claim may now well turn out to be hollow, with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) asking for additional safety measures following a new post-Fukushima assessment.

• Delay in operations at Kudankulam N-plant could damage reactors: Russian engineer

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