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Kudankulam generates 2,000 MW

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Tuesday generated 2,000 MWe, which is its maximum rated generating capacity.

The twin units at KKNPP, which are 1,000 MWe each, are of the Russian VVER type (water-cooled water-moderated reactor) that belongs to the Pressurised Water Reactor category and uses enriched uranium oxide fuel to generate electricity. At 3.30 a.m. on Tuesday, together, the KKNPP reactors generated 2,000 MWe electricity.

Both Unit-l and Unit-2 of KKNPP are operating at their maximum capacity and are producing 1,000 MWe each, said officials at the plant.

The reactor units at KKNPP were built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited with the technical co-operation of Russia. The KKNPP reactors have so far generated 20,863 million units of electricity — 16,079 MUs from the first reactor and 4,784 MUs from the second — since first synchronization with the grid.