Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant-A brief view
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (or Koodankulam NPP or KKNPP) is a nuclear power station in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu . Construction on the plant began on 31 March 2002, [1] but faced several delays due to the fishermen's objection. Unit 1 was synchronised with the southern power grid on 22 October 2013. The original cost of the two units was ₹ 13,171 crore , but it was later revised to ₹ 17,270 crore ($2.6 billion). Russia advanced a credit of ₹ 6,416 crore ($0.97 billion) to both the units. In 2015, Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCIL) announced a price of ₹ 4.29/ kW·h (6.4 ¢/kW·h) for energy delivered from Kudankulam nuclear power plant. The ground-breaking ceremony for construction of units 3 & 4 was performed on 17 February 2016. Work is expected to begin in April 2016. Due to operators and suppliers requirement to insure the two following units, at ₹39,747 crore (US$5