Kudankulam first reactor synchronised with grid
The first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), which attained criticality on Wednesday (February 15) afternoon it was stopped for maintenance on November 26 last, was synchronised with Southern grid at 7.41 a.m. on Thursday. “Power generation in the first unit, which stood at 250 MWe around 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, is being increased gradually and is expected to attain its maximum capacity of 1,000 MWe within next 72 hours,” KKNPP sources said.The first reactor, which had run continuously for 278 days since February 22 last after the first fuel outage, had generated 13,197 million units of electricity till January 26 last ever since it was synchronised with the grid. The first nuclear reactor had generated a gross profit of .....