Commissioning of first unit of Kudankulam nuclear project may take longer.

Commercial operations of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant's first unit is expected to take more time with the Nuclear Power Corporation setting the deadline till July 22 for commissioning the 1,000 MW unit.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India is implementing the 2,000 MW Kudankulam project in Tamil Nadu. The plant, which has two units having 1,000 MW generation capacity each, is being set up with the technical co-operation of Russia.

In a petition submitted to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Nuclear Power Corp has sought permission to inject 'infirm power' into the grid from the first unit up to the date of commercial operation or till July 22, 2014.


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