Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant Reaches Full Capacity of 2,000 MW for First Time in India

Nuclear Power Industry

The Unit 2 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu in south central India reached its full capacity of 1,000 MW on Tuesday. This is the first time both Units 1 and 2 of KNPP attained its full generation capacity of 2,000 MW of power early Tuesday, officials told ET. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has so far generated more than 20,000 Million Units of electricity, which helped to avoid around 17,083,874 tonnes of CO2 emissions. 

Average lifecycle GHG emissions for Coal & Nuclear is 888 & 29 (tonnes/GWh) respectively. 

Kudankulam NPP is being constructed in Tamil Nadu in India jointly with Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation within the scope of the Indo-Russian agreement dated November, 1988 and addendum dated June, 1998 with Russian VVER-1000 power units, which is fully compliant with the post-Fukushima safety requirements as well as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and regulations of Russia and India. 

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