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Lighting Up India, And World Records: With 940 Days Uninterrupted Supply, Kaiga Power Station-1 Beats UK
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Since 13 May 2016, the plant has been generating electricity and broke the record on Monday, and it has a scheduled shutdown for maintenance on 30 December 2018.
The Heysham-2 Unit-8 in U.K. had the earlier record of 940 days. While Kaiga generating system1 (KGS-1) is a Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR), Heysham-2 Unit-8 is an Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor (AGR).
KGS-1 is located 56 km away from Karwar, which is indigenously-built and run by domestic uranium. It began operating on 16 November 2000 and has produced 500 crore units of power so far. Earlier in June, KGS-1 set a national record for continuous operation of 766 days.
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