Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant
The Koodankulam power plant is located in the Koodankulam in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu.
History
The construction of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Station, started on 31st March 2002. But this saw many issues due to the fishermen opposition.
Features of the Power plant
The Russian model WER-1000/V-412 known as AES-92 is the pressurized water reactor used in this Power Plant. This Plant has a gross electrical capacity of 1000MW, the thermal capacity of 3000MW and the net capacity of 917MW. Here the construction is made by the Atomstroyexport and the NPCIL. Once this plant was completed, this will become the biggest nuclear power generation site in India. Then will generate a total electric power of 2GW. Both the units have the water-moderated and the water-cooled units.
Power Generation Capacity
The installation of the Koodankulam Power Plant had a capacity to generate the power of 6000MW. The Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd(NPCIL) has estimated a cost of Rs.4.29KW/hour for the energy delivered from the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in 2015. To Know more other famous power plant kalpakkam
Operation of Power Plant
On 13th July 2013, the first reactor of the Plant stuck with the criticality and then was connected to the grid, after three months. Its commercial operation had began from 31st December 2014. On 10th July 2016, the second unit attained a criticality and was connected to the grid in the August month. Then the commercial operation was initialized on 15th October 2016.
Cyber attack
In 2019, the Lazarus Group’s malware was used to gather the technical data from the KNPP. The officials said that the technology is secure from the cyber-attack through the possibility of a chance of having air-gapped. Let we see about more thermal power station
Koodankulam Lane
In November 2018, the name Koodankulam Alley was given by the Town council of Volgonsk to the lane, which was next to the Atommash Plant. The Plant of Rosatom, generates the equipment for this Nuclear Power Plant.
Commission
A four member analyst group formed by the Tamil Nadu Government, gave a report after the inspection of the security features of the Plant. Then the TamilNadu Government in response to the power shortages, ordered the commissioning of the Power Plant.
Cost
The construction cost of Units 1 & 2 of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant was Rs.17,270 crores. For Units 3 & 4, the construction cost was Rs.39,747 crores.
2011 Protest
A thousand of residents in the Koodankulam in 2011, gathered and protested showing their opposition to the Plant. This dismay was due to the fear of the nuclear disaster, as a response to the nuclear disaster of the Fukushima Daiichi.
Transport facilities
You can reach Koodankulam either through the bus, the train or the flight. The buses are available from a few parts of Tamil Nadu to Koodankulam. The Koodankulam is at a distance of 615Km from Chennai. Then you can reach this site, through the bus from Chennai, even though no direct buses are available. If you travel through the train, you can opt a Tuticorin train from Chennai. If you travel through the flight, then you can reach the Tuticorin Airport. From there, you can pick a road transport to reach this Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
Location: Koodankulam, Tamil Nadu.