The top brass of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), which is constructing and operating nuclear power plants across the country and Atomstroyexport, Russian Federation’s nuclear power equipment supplier and service provider, are scheduled to meet at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Wednesday and Thursday (February 7 and 8) to review the progress of the ongoing construction of KKNPP reactors 3 to 6.
With the Atomstroyexport’s technical knowhow, the NPCIL has built 2 X 1,000 MWe VVER (water-cooled, water-moderated reactors) at the cost of ₹17,270 crore, which are operational now at KKNPP, and is constructing four more VVER-type reactors with similar capacity on the same premises. While more than 70% of the construction of reactors 3 and 4 has been completed as the work was started in June 2017, the remaining two reactors have crossed 40% of the construction.
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