Russia Ships Equipments to Kudankulam NPP | 20 Jun 2024
Russia has shipped the first batch of 26 turbine hall pipeline valves (High-pressure and low-pressure gate valves) for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project's (KNNP) reactors 5 and 6
- Their key function is a tight shut-off of the fluid or gas flow to ensure reliable operation of the system.
- It currently has 2 x 1,000 MWe WWER reactors generating power, with 4 more reactors of similar capacity under construction.
- WWER are "Water-Water Power Reactor". These reactors use water as both the coolant and the moderator for the nuclear reactions that produce energy.
- KNNP has been modernised jointly by Russia's Rosatom and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). It is the largest nuclear power plant in India.
- It is India’s first nuclear plant to use imported PWR (Pressurised Water Reactor) technology.
- Its construction began in 2002 and it is expected to operate in full capacity by 2027.
- The share of nuclear power in the total electricity generation in the country was about 2.8% in the year 2022-23.
