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The first unit of the Kundankulam nuclear power project is expected to start generating electricity in the next 40 days, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Mr V. Narayanasamy, said today.
He said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) officials were at the Kudankulam project site and inspecting the plant.
“The first reactor of 1,000 MW will be operational within 40 days from today,” Mr Narayanasamy told reporters here.
He said the AERB was expected to give its certification to the plant in about a week after which uranium — the fuel for power generation — will be loaded in the plant.
“We will have a trial run for 20 days after which the first reactor will start generating power,” Mr Narayanasamy said, adding the second unit of 1,000 MW was expected to be commissioned within two months of the first one.
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