Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (or Kudankulam NPP or KKNPP) is the largest nuclear power station in India, situated in Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Construction on the plant began on 31 March 2002, but faced several delays due to opposition from local fishermen. KKNPP is scheduled to have six VVER-1000 reactors built in collaboration with Atomstroyexport, the Russian state company and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), with an installed capacity of 6,000 MW of electricity. Unit 1 was synchronized with the southern power grid on 22 October 2013 and since then, has been generating electricity at its warranted limit of 1,000 MW. In December 2025, Rosatom delivered the first batches of fuel to the plant, to be loaded into the core of the third power unit of the site. The TVS-2M fuel has been designed for a 18 month fuel cycle. Pre commissioning activities also began at the site of unit 3 in late 2025.

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