Safety Measures in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Several additional safety features have been incorporated in the Kudankulam reactors over the features in standard VVER 1000 reactors of second generation in operation after in-depth review by Indian engineers, both from the utility (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited) and the regulatory authority (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board). Some of the important additional features in Kudankulam reactors over earlier VVER 1000s are
(i) Four safety trains instead of three
(ii) Passive Heat Removal System
(iii) Passive core flooding system
(iv) Core Catcher
(v) Passive Hydrogen Recombiners
(vi) Double Containment
(vii) Four Emergency Diesel Generators instead of three
(viii) Larger number of reactor control rods
There is any proposal to allot the entire power produced by Project I to power starving Tamil Nadu.
The tariff of electricity from Kudankulam Units 1&2 is yet to be notified.
The Minister of State in the ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions and in the Prime Minister’s Office Shri V. Narayanasamy Gave this information in reply to a written question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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