Discussion on project viability commences.

The Government has accorded ‘in principle’ approval of five coastal sites and designated them for locating Light Water Reactors (LWRs) in cooperation with the Russian Federation, France and the USA.

Two projects, KKNPP 3&4 (2X1000 MW) and KKNPP 5&6 (2X1000 MW), to be set up in technical cooperation with Russian Federation at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu have been accorded financial sanction.

Construction of KKNPP 3&4 has commenced, said Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on 20 July, 2017.

Discussions with technology partners from France and USA have commenced for viable project proposals.

At present, there are nine reactors under construction and another 12 been accorded administrative approval and financial sanction by the government, work on which is being taken up progressively.

The Government has recently accorded financial sanction for 10 indigenous 700 MW reactors and two reactors to be set up in technical cooperation with Russian Federation [KKNPP 5&6 (2X1000 MW)].

The approved completion cost of KKNPP 1 to 6 is Rs.106,740 crore for the total capacity of 6 x 1000 MW, he said. fii-news.com