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The Government May Allot Rs 544 crore To Build Two Nuclear Units At Kudankulam Power Plant

Swarajya StaffFeb 02, 2017, 02:35 PM | Updated 02:35 PM IST
Two Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) under construction at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, India. (Petr Pavlicek/IAEA)

Two Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) under construction at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, India. (Petr Pavlicek/IAEA)


As per the budget papers that were presented in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, nearly Rs 544 crore may be allocated by the government for setting up of the fifth and sixth 1,000 MW nuclear power plant with Russian technology at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu. At present two 1,000 MW units have been set up at Kudankulam and work for building two more similar units have begun.


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